The Rare Canadian 1936 Dot Cent

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The 1936 King George V Dot Cent is a coin that has enthralled collectors for decades. The Royal Canadian Mint reported striking 678,823 pieces, but only a tiny number are known today, and all the extent pieces are Specimen strikings, not circulation issues or business strikes.

All three specimens have commanded six-figure prices at auction. In the initial sales the coins took over $100,000, and in more recent years the trio of rare 1936 Dot Cents have fetched much more. The record price of $402,500 goes to an example that sold in 2010 and is currently graded PCGS SP65RB, the same grade as the other of two PCGS-graded specimens.

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SaorAlba

Edward VIII and Wallis Simpson went on to live happily ever after as Duke and Duchess of Windsor, following their marriage in 1937.

Uh, they had a very troubled and turbulent marriage - both allegedly had affairs with others into the 1950's. Edward VIII may have let the throne for the "woman he loved", but theirs was a loveless marriage.

291fifth

I've been using bags of those as doorstops.

brg5658

What causes the unsightly "pooling-like" discoloration on the reverse (and a little on the obverse) of that coin?

That's a mighty expensive "dot"

Elmhurst

I bought a 36 dot quarter out of a junk silver box, about 1983.