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Message:: [QUOTE="weryon, post: 654168, member: 17622"]The Canadian Siler Dollar  <img src="http://www.lessignets.com/signetsdiane/calendrier/images/avril/4/comm_1935.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />      The Canadian silver dollar was first issued by the Royal Canadian Mint in 1935 in commemoration to King George V’s silver jubilee. The reverse design was sculpted by Emanuel Hahn (he also designed the Bluenose on the 10 cent pieces and the caribou head on the 25 cent pieces. He also designed the Canadian Parliament Buildings reverse of the 1939 Royal Visit silver $1 coin) the reverse depicts a voyageur and an aboriginal paddling in a birch-nark canoe. The faint lines in the background of the voyageur dollar represent the Northern Lights. The voyager dollar design was used on the dollars until 1986.   <img src="http://members.shaw.ca/kcic1/coins/25c.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />  The Canadian Silver Dollar Varieties 1947:   <img src="http://www.alaska.net/%7Enakata/1947CanadaDollar.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />  There are eleven varieties of the 1947 issued silver dollar which fall in three categories: The pointed seven, the blunt seven and the maple lead issue.      Pointed seven:  In 1947 two styles of 7 were used in the dies to produce the dollar. On some of the dollars a dot is present after the 7 which was attributed to an imperfection in the die. There are a total of six different pointed 7 varieties:     <ul> <li>Pointed 7</li> <li>Pointed 7 with a Double-Punched 4</li> <li>Pointed 7 with a dot near the 7</li> <li>Pointed 7 with a double punched HP under the      effigy of His Majesty King George VI</li> <li>Pointed 7 with a triple punched HP under the      effigy of His Majesty King George VI</li> <li>Pointed 7 with a quadruple punched HP under      the effigy of His Majesty King George VI (The HP is the initials of the      designer: T.H. Paget)</li> </ul>  Blunt seven:A short 7 with it’s tail pointing straight down is known as the blunt 7. There are only two varieties of the blunt seven:     <ul> <li>Blunt 7</li> <li>Pointed 7 with a double punched HP under the      effigy of His Majesty King George VI</li> </ul>  The maple leaf issue:  <ul> <li>1947 with the Maple Leaf near the 7</li> <li>1947 with the Maple Leaf near the 7 with a      double punched HP under the effigy of His Majesty King George VI</li> </ul>     1950-1952 varieties:  Due to problems within the Royal Canadian Mint this variety now exists. It was due to the polishing process where part of the water lines appearing at the right hand side of the canoe tend to disappear due to the over polishing of the dies. Normally the voyageur dollar had four waterlines. Collectors started adding a premium to these varieties: the Arnprior types consist of 2.5 waterlines; it should be notes that if there is a trace of the bottom waterline the coin is not considered an Arnprior type dollar.  The 1952 variety:  In 1952 the reverse was modified to contain no waterlines whatsoever. In addition the canoe had a larger islet tip added to the right end. It should be noted that this variety was deliberately created by the mint.  The 1955 Arnprior  In December of 1955 the mint minted 2,000 silver dollar pieces for the Arnprior firm in Ontario. The coins only had 2.5 waterlines similar to the 1950-1952 issues but the 1955 piece got the collectors attention. The 1955 Arnprior also has a die break on the obverse legend which joined the T and the I in GRATIA. Note that the 1955 Arnprior gave birth to the Arnprior variety.  The 1953 shoulder fold obverse:    Two obverses exist for this date, No Shoulder Fold and the Shoulder Fold. The coinage for the year featured the new effigy of Queen Elizabeth II. The sculptress was Mrs. Mary Gillick and she created a model with a relief that was too high. The centre portion of the effigy was to feature two lines on the shoulder. These lines were supposed to represent a fold in the Queen’s gown. As these lines did not appear very well, it was commonly termed the No Shoulder Strap by many collectors. Later on in the year, the Royal Canadian Mint’s Chief engraver Thomas Shingles lowered the relief of the model and strengthened the shoulder and hair details. This modified obverse became known as the Shoulder Strap variety.  The 1957 Arnprior    In 1957 the dollar had a reverse that had only but one water line at the right hand side of the canoe.     1965 varieties:  <img src="http://www.calgarycoin.com/modern/dollar1965.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />  In 1965 the mint changed the effigy of Queen Elizabeth II to depict a more mature Queen. This gave birth to 5 new varieties.     -The small beads “obverse” variety on the coin consists of the first and second variety. The rear jewel on the Queen’s tiara is well attached. The 5 in the date has two varieties: the pointed bottom and the blunt bottom. -The large beads “obverse” defines the 3rd and 4th varieties; the jewel at the rear of the tiara is well attached. Like the small bead variety the 5 at the end of 1965 has two varieties:  the pointed bottom and the blunt bottom.     -The fifth variety features medium beads on the obverse. The 5 is always pointed in this variety.     1982 planchet varieties:    The 1982 nickel dollar exists on a rolled thin planchet. The normal planchet has a weight of 15.62 grams, a diameter of 32.13 mm, and a thickness of 2.50 mm. The thin planchet consists of incomplete reeding. Its weight is 7.78 grams, a diameter of 31.82 mm, and a thickness of 1.50 mm. This variety is incredibly rare, it’s believed that only two examples of the variety exists.     Composition and Mintage of the Voyageur Dollar:    1935-195223.33g. 36.00mm 80% silver  1953-196723.33g. 36.00mm 80% silver  1968-198615.62g. 32.13mm 100% nickel     Mintage:   Year Mintage   1935 428,707   1936 306,100   1937 241,002   1938 90,304   1945 38,391   1946 93,055   1947 65,595   1947ML 21,135   1948 18,780   1950 261,002   1951 416,395   1952 406,148   1953 1,074,578   1954 246,606   1955 268,105   1956 209,092   1957 496,389   1959 1,443,502   1960 1,420,486   1961 1,262,231   1962 1,884,789   1963 4,179,981   1965 10,768,569   1966 9,912,178  1968 5,579,714   1969 4,809,313   1975 3,256,000   1976 2,101,000   1977 1,393,745   1978 2,948,488   1979 1,884,789   1980 2,544,000   1981 2,778,900   1982 1,544,398   1983 2,267,525   1984 1,223,486   1985 3,104,592   1986 3,089,225[/QUOTE]

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