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<p>[QUOTE="Urban_Lawyer, post: 1485969, member: 36361"]Nope. Modern Canadian coins do not have mint marks in the sense American coins have mint marks. In the old days (when some Canadian coins were produced by the UK) you may find a "C" mint mark on gold coins that were made at the Ottawa mint instead of the UK's royal mint. Also, some Canadian pennies are marked with an "H" (for the Heaton mint in Birmingham, UK) but that stopped in 1907. Modern Canadian coins are all made in the same mint in Canada and don't need a differentiating mark.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now, that doesn't mean they don't use mint marks. Canadian mint marks mean things other than where the coin was made. For example, in the 1930s some coins had dots because the British king abdicated and a new obverse could not be created in a timely manner, and an old die had to be used. The dot differentiated "new" old coins from the original coins. A maple leaf was used in the same way in 1948 when the King lost the title "Emperor of India" and new dies weren't available in time for the new year. All sorts of other odd marks (including a teddy bear and the logo for the international polar year) have been used, but I believe all coins in a given year has them so there is no need to search for a "marked" coin and a "not marked" coin for a given year with exception of the dot and maple leaf marks noted above.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now, there IS a "W" mint mark for Winnipeg I have read about on specimen sets. I don't believe these are in general circulation though (someone correct me if I'm wrong) and you are unlikely to find them outside of a mint set.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Urban_Lawyer, post: 1485969, member: 36361"]Nope. Modern Canadian coins do not have mint marks in the sense American coins have mint marks. In the old days (when some Canadian coins were produced by the UK) you may find a "C" mint mark on gold coins that were made at the Ottawa mint instead of the UK's royal mint. Also, some Canadian pennies are marked with an "H" (for the Heaton mint in Birmingham, UK) but that stopped in 1907. Modern Canadian coins are all made in the same mint in Canada and don't need a differentiating mark. Now, that doesn't mean they don't use mint marks. Canadian mint marks mean things other than where the coin was made. For example, in the 1930s some coins had dots because the British king abdicated and a new obverse could not be created in a timely manner, and an old die had to be used. The dot differentiated "new" old coins from the original coins. A maple leaf was used in the same way in 1948 when the King lost the title "Emperor of India" and new dies weren't available in time for the new year. All sorts of other odd marks (including a teddy bear and the logo for the international polar year) have been used, but I believe all coins in a given year has them so there is no need to search for a "marked" coin and a "not marked" coin for a given year with exception of the dot and maple leaf marks noted above. Now, there IS a "W" mint mark for Winnipeg I have read about on specimen sets. I don't believe these are in general circulation though (someone correct me if I'm wrong) and you are unlikely to find them outside of a mint set.[/QUOTE]
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