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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TheCoinGeezer, post: 1383513, member: 34700&quot;]George V</p><p>1935 - 428,707 minted</p><p>Heavily hoarded at the time and relatively easy to obtain in mint state</p><p>1936 - 306,100</p><p>Less hoarded and consequently higher priced. High MS (MS65 and up) can be very pricey but nice lower MS examples can be found at affordable prices.</p><p><br /></p><p>George VI</p><p>1937 - 241,002</p><p>Another issue that was hoarded at the time and is easy to find in MS. Starts to get expensive in MS64 and up.</p><p>1938 - 90,304</p><p>This is a harder to find issue and starts to get pricey in Ms63 and up.</p><p>1939 - 1,363,816</p><p>Common as dirt and nice examples can be found at affordable prices. MS65 and up get pricey though.</p><p>1945 - 38,391</p><p>A key date and the prices reflect that, particularly MS63 and up.</p><p>1946 - 93,055</p><p>Nice MS examples up to MS62 are affordable. After that the prices go way up.</p><p>1947 - 65,595</p><p>Another key date and priced to match. The pointed 7 variety is priced higher than the blunt 7 version.</p><p>1947ML - 21,135</p><p>Second lowest mintage of the series and nice MS examples are both hard to find and expensive.</p><p>1948 - 18,780</p><p>The king of Canadian dollars and priced accordingly. There never seems to be a shortage of MS coins for sale but the prices are high.</p><p>1949 - 672,218</p><p>Easily available at affordable prices, even in high MS grades.</p><p>1950 - 261,002</p><p>Affordable in all but the highest grades.</p><p>1951 - 416,395</p><p>Similar to 1950 but slightly pricier in highest grades.</p><p>1952 - 406,148</p><p>Similar to 1950 and 1951</p><p><br /></p><p>In closing: compared to American dollars, Canadian dollars have miniscule mintages and, IMO, are severely undervalued.</p><p>Many of the George VI issues have multiple varieties that are listed in the standard references (Charlton, Haxby) and are sought by completists (like me!)</p><p>Alert and perspicacious buyers can find nicely struck and preserved coins in MS60-62 at prices that, if not cheap, are for the most part within the means of an average dedicated collector.</p><p>Nice circulated examples in VF are affordable with prices under $100 for all but the rarest dates (45, 47, 48).[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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