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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Troodon, post: 26128605, member: 4626&quot;]Was looking for coins to add to my Canadian type set and found a coin I didn&#039;t realize existed before: a 92.5% silver, 15 mm Canadian 5 cent.&nbsp; I think it may be similar to the US standard for half dimes.&nbsp; Now I&#039;m wondering how many coins I have to call a separate type...</p><p><br /></p><p>But here&#039;s the rough gist I have just for Canadian 5 cent coins:</p><p><br /></p><p>By materials:</p><p>1858-1919 92.5% silver</p><p>1920-1921 80% silver (most 1921 5 cents were melted down; surviving 1921 5 cents are very rare)</p><p>1922-1942 99.9% nickel</p><p>1942 &quot;tombac&quot; (looks like copper/brass)</p><p>1943 99.9% nickel</p><p>1944-1945 chromium-coated steel</p><p>1946-1981 99.9% nickel</p><p>*1982-2001 75% copper, 25% nickel</p><p>*2002-present nickel-coated steel</p><p>&nbsp;(really more complicated than that as these materials overlap; 1999-2006 a &quot;P&quot; mark on the obverse indicates nickel-coated steel.&nbsp; 2002 to present, except for 2006 with a maple leaf mark on the obverse, are all nickel-coated steel.)</p><p>By size and shape:</p><p>1858-1921 15 mm round</p><p>1922-1942 21.2 mm round</p><p>1943-1962 21.2 mm 12 sized</p><p>1963-present 21.2 mm round</p><p><br /></p><p>By monarch/portrait:</p><p>1858-1887 Victoria, 1st portrait</p><p>1888-1901 Victoria, 2nd portrait</p><p>1902-1910 Edward VII</p><p>1911-1936 George V</p><p>1937-1952 George VI (1937-1947 &quot;Emp Ind.&quot;; 1947-1952 after independence of India that part is removed from the obverse legend, and &quot;D. G.&quot; is spelled out as &quot;Dei Gratia&quot;.&nbsp; 1947 without &quot;Emp. Ind.&quot; were actually minted in 1948.)</p><p>1953-1964 Elizabeth II, 1st portrait</p><p>1965-1989 Elizabeth II, 2nd portrait</p><p>1990-2003 Elizabeth II, 3rd portrait</p><p>2003-2022 Elizabeth II, 4th portrait</p><p>2023-present Charles III</p><p><br /></p><p>Reverse design:</p><p>1858-1921</p><p>1922-1936</p><p>1937-1942 Beaver</p><p>1943-1945 Victory</p><p>1946-1950 Beaver, again</p><p>1951 200th anniversary of the discovery of nickel (nickel foundry)</p><p>1952-1966 Beaver again</p><p>1967 100th anniversary of confederation (rabbit)</p><p>1968-2005 Beaver again (1992 has the 1867-1992 date to indicate 125th anniversary of confederation).</p><p>2005 Victory, 60th anniversary</p><p>2006-present Beaver again (2017 has the 1867-2017 date to indicate 150th anniversary of confederation)</p><p><br /></p><p>This isn&#039;t including non-circulating commemoratives...</p><p><br /></p><p>And this is just 5 cents...</p><p><br /></p><p>Well this project is going to take a while lol, I don&#039;t even know how many types this adds up to.&nbsp; Depends on how nit-picky I am about what counts as a &quot;type.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>Don&#039;t even get me started with quarters... they did many circulating commemoratives including multiple times with multiple designs the same year.</p><p><br /></p><p>Well this will be fun lol.&nbsp; If I got anything wrong or missed anything, let me know.</p><p><br /></p><p>Next goal is at least to get all the 1967 denominations finished (just need the lynx quarter and the goose dollar now).[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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