Canadian Silver Dollars of 1935-67

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Our latest PCGS Collecting Guide is now available and covers Canadian Silver Dollars of 1935-67. Of all the coins struck for Canada since its provincial days in the late 1850s, among the most widely collected are the nation’s silver dollars produced from 1935 through 1967. There are presently about a dozen different PCGS Registry Sets exclusively dedicated to the Canadian silver dollars for this date range.

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Timbuk3

Interesting, thank you !!!

ajaan

Nice article. Glad you mentioned the 1911. Would have been nice to have included an image of the Voyageur reverse.

bidask

I own one Canadian dollar .

1937 proof mirror .

bigmarty58

I enjoyed the article, thank you for sharing it.

cecropiamoth

Great article, thank you. I'm working on the Basic Set of Circulation Strikes...basically the date set. Some of my favorites...

Tough set to complete given the 1948. Some of the modern Elizabeth II issues are more difficult to locate in 64 or better than would be expected...1954, 1957, etc.

Jeff

SaorAlba

I really want one of the 1949 Newfoundland dollars sometime. Not many people know it now, but Britain really wanted to get rid of Newfoundland as it was a drain on HM's Treasury. It was assumed Canada would take Newfoundland, but there were enough people in the colony that desired another option - becoming part of the USA that was demonstrated in a 1947 poll showing that 80% of those polled wanted to associate with the USA. When the referendums were voted on in 1948 association with the US was not even an option - Britain and Canada preferred the Confederation with Canada option. And the confederation only won by a narrow margin - independence was the only other option.

ShadyDave

Very nice @cecropiamoth

coinkat

Great images Cercopiamoth... In all fairness, there needs to be a greater effort to connect condition rarity by date within this series. For those of you who think there is the 1948 that is difficult and the rest are a can of corn... Well guess again and try and put together a GEM set. It is far more difficult than it looks.

YQQ

To the Author of this article: Joshua McMorrow-Hernandez
**while similarly graded specimens of the 1948 can be had for about $175. **
in PCGS holders trade for around $250,
I would like to buy 200 of these 1948 right now!!!! and will pay you $ 250 each, not just 175.
Also, the 1947 ML dollar is an official variety and is in fact a 1948 Dollar with a mintage of 21,135 coins
please see this link:
https://forums.collectors.com/discussion/1037996/canada-1947-maple-leaf-dollar-is-actually-a-1948-dollar#latest

YQQ

CoinKat
To assemble a Gem set of the series is possible. But one must have extremely deep pockets.
Just the basic issue, MS66 and better can run into 10s of thousands. Never mind if you include the Varieties.

SaorAlba

Don't know about everybody else, but I sort of get a kick out of finding the the '47-ML coins from roll searches, still possible in the USA at least!

cecropiamoth

@SaorAlba

Cents of course, correct? Well, maybe one could find its way into a box of dimes.

Back when I was roll hunting 2009-2013 era, I went through many boxes of cents even though the priority was halves and dimes - in that order.

I found a handful of King George VI cents, perhaps a half-roll. Can't recall if I ever got a 47-ML 1c out of a box. Likely yes.

I found a fair amount of Canadian silver dimes here in rolls in WI, perhaps 2 full rolls going at 8 boxes/week for a L-O-N-G time. King George VI would show up on occasion, can't be positive again if I ever pulled a 47-ML. Most of the Canadian silver dimes were of course late date 80% silver Elizabeth II coins (1962-1966 probably).

Eventually I got CRH'ing burnout after the silver dried up.

Jeff

YQQ

!947 ML nickels, dimes and cents are **not **hard to find in circulated condition. Same goes for 1947 ML issue Quarters and ML 50 cent pieces. It gets seriously tricky if you want any MS or even High AU.

SaorAlba

@YQQ said:
!947 ML nickels, dimes and cents are **not **hard to find in circulated condition. Same goes for 1947 ML issue Quarters and ML 50 cent pieces. It gets seriously tricky if you want any MS or even High AU.

I'd bet I have a better chance of finding them in circulation in the USA than in Canada though. The RCM is known to have actively been removing older nickel coins from circulation - sure the occasional silver gets caught too.

YQQ

I would not bet you on that. I believe you are correct.

ajaan

A ML and dot 5c