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March 29, 2023

10 cents 1965 to 1989 - Price guide and values

The composition of the 10 cents piece changed in 1967-1968 for production cost issues. The silver was replaced by nickel.

March 28, 2023

Banks tokens of Canada

In 1850, the parliament of the Province of Canada passes acts 13 and 14 to amend the Currency Act, allowing authorized banks to produce legal tender tokens. Between 1850 and 1857 several banks issued a series of penny and halfpenny copper tokens.

March 27, 2023

10 cents 1937 to 1964 - Price guide and values

In 1937, the design on the reverse changed for the Bluenose, a fishing and racing gaff rig schooner built in 1921 in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia. It is also portrayed on the Bluenose postage stamp 50-cent issued by the Canadian government on January 6, 1929. The owners of the Bluenose were honoured in 1935 by having their schooner present when King George V reviewed the British Fleet at Spithead.

March 24, 2023