Canada’s Nickel Dollars

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The pure nickel Canadian Dollars of the 1960s, ‘70s, and ‘80s represented a much larger shift for the Royal Canadian Mint, which faced the same economic constraints the United States Mint confronted south of the border.

Rising bullion prices was squeezing silver from circulating coinage made from the white precious metal, and Canada subsequently phased the valuable bullion from its dimes, quarters, half dollars, and dollar coins.

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