HOW TO TELL THE MINTS OF CANADIAN COINS AND TOKENS

CHESSKRIEG

TILL 1908, @ LONDON & BIRMINGHAM? 1908-31 @ OTTAWA? WINNIPEG? PHILADELPHIA? QUEBEC??

Oldhoopster

For 1968 dimes

syl

There was also the Heaton Mint for Victoria coinage.

CHESSKRIEG

Thanks mates!
Besides the dimes, are all modern Canadian coins from Ottawa?
And how do you tell Heaton (Birmingham) from The Royal Mint (London) for the early stuff?
London didn't use mint marks and Heaton rarely as far as I can see.
Is there another mint in Canada besides Winnipeg and Ottawa today?
I just got my Charlton Standard Catalogue and am dismayed it does not include any of this.
I've ordered the catalogue for tokens but expect to encounter the same issue.

Namvet69

@acadien Penny for your thoughts? Peace Roy

Oldhoopster

@CHESSKRIEG said:
Thanks mates!
Besides the dimes, are all modern Canadian coins from Ottawa?
And how do you tell Heaton (Birmingham) from The Royal Mint (London) for the early stuff?
London didn't use mint marks and Heaton rarely as far as I can see.
Is there another mint in Canada besides Winnipeg and Ottawa today?
I just got my Charlton Standard Catalogue and am dismayed it does not include any of this.
I've ordered the catalogue for tokens but expect to encounter the same issue.

I'm not a Canadian specialist, but this is the only one I know of that can be distinguished without a mintmark

Elmhurst

I think Heaton used the "H" mintmark on everything produced for Canada. Ottawa mint opened in 1908, and I believe all production was moved from England to there, until Winnipeg opened, then all production was shifted to there, and Ottawa mint became a museum.

syl

Any "P's" that you see stand for "plated", as in steel core, not Philadelphia. The strange little logo on the Obverse of most new coins is the "RCM" logo, which comes in both large and small to designate what it's purpose is/was: specimen/BU (small) or circulation/proof (large).

CHESSKRIEG

thanks all. Regarding the "H" mark, maybe on some of the older tokens it has been effaced. But under my magnifiers I can't find it. Thanks again.

syl

Normally Heaton marked theirs with an "H" bottom of the reverse, but they didn't strike any in many years. One cent 1876-82, 90, 98, 00, 07; 5 cents 1872-83,02, 03; 10 cents 1871-83, 02, 03. Newf coins are similar, but fewer dates: 72, 72, 76, 82, 04 and not every denomination.

CHESSKRIEG

very helpful syl! as well as the P info, which I had just learned from Charlton.

jp84

All Canadian circulation coins are now produced in Winnipeg. NCLT issues are produced in Ottawa.

CHESSKRIEG

jp84, 2 things: 1. in what year did Winnipeg take over all minting? 2. NCLT (Non Circulating . . . ??)

1960NYGiants

99.9% of tokens do not have a mintmark.

NCLT = Non Circulating Legal Tender.

Winnipeg went into full production in 1976 for circulating coins. Ottawa produces NCLT and other specials.

CHESSKRIEG

very nice. thanks!