Dot Dot Dash Dot....

Morse code on Canadian nickel

The 1943-1945 Canadian V for Victory nickel had a morse code message, "We win when we work willingly"

 

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In that Canadian example above, it means the coin was actually minted in another year, and not in 1937.

If you can view along in inner rim on the reverse of any Canadian Nickel from 1944-1945, there are actually dots AND DASHES.

Morse code for WE WIN WHEN WE WORK WILLINGLY.

Id post a pic but too lazy to dig it all out. Heres a link nontheless from an ebay listing. Wikipedia anything else.
http://cgi.ebay.ca/1945-CANADA-FIVE-CENTS-V-Nickel-Geo-VI-Extremely-Fine_W0QQitemZ320472630823QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item4a9da84627

 

Canada "Victory nickel" struck from 1943 to 1945.
The reverse features a torch and a large V that stands for both
Victory and the coin's denomination.


1943 5 cents "Tombac" copper-zinc alloy


1945 5 cents nickel

The rim denticles spell out in Morse Code
"We win when we work willingly".

 

That's pretty cool!! Thanx for passing that info on to me...I never would have realised the morse code part.

 

Hey...I've got one of those..!

 

There is no significance to the dot on this particular coin. Well it's listed as 1937 Dot in the Krauss catalog but it hasn't made it worth any more than those without. Some countries do use dots to signify which mint produced them and a few countries use other devices, letters, symbols, animals, monograms. Don't worry you'll get use to them but it's just as well to be aware of them.

 

I have a unc roll of those and knew about this but thought the code spelled something different...
Oh well
Still a neat coin with a history.