Canadian mintage question

ajaan

1908 25c SP

Is it 1000?

syl

My old Charlton that has spec coinage in the back says MS-63 650, MS-65 1500, and MS 67 3500.

Greenstang

There were 1000 Specimen sets produced so I would think that is where the individual coins came from.

bosox

1000 sets, with no other single examples reported in the mint report.

syl

Rob ..... I used a 2004 Charlton, when they had test tokens, specimen coins, specimen sets, patterns, etc after the main coinage section. It lists individual denomination specimen coinages from 1870-1965. In a separate section of the Charlton, it lists the specimen SETS, but the page I'm refering to is for "specimen coinage". For the specimen sets, it lists 4 different cases for 1908, with color, lettering and dimensions different for each, with Charlton #'s 6, 6a, 6b, and 6c. As above, for the specimen individual denomination for 25 cents, it lists SP-63 650, SP-65 1,500, and SP-67 3,500. How many of these went into sets or individual, it doesn't say.

In Haxby, he lists individual specimen strikes for the 1908 as SP-63 575 and SP-65 1500. For sppecimen SETS, he shows 1000 at an issue price of $2 with the coins being SP-65

bosox

I am going by the mint reports, not the catalogs. It is possible they gave away some single samples and did not report them. It is also possible they did not sell all 1,000 sets and melted a few or released them into circulation (pretty sure that happened in 1911).

Yes, they used several different styles of cases.

Not sure, but I think the catalog numbers you are quoting are prices, not mintages.

syl

Yes, as always, I think that you are right. At the beginning of those pages for specimen coinages starting with "cents", the 3 grades (63, 65, 67) say brown, brown red. So yes, they are prices, not mintages, because the columns aren't ID'd and I'm easily confused. This is why YOU are the specimen man and I need to get back to Vicky large cents.