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Message:: [QUOTE="ikandiggit, post: 741775, member: 16269"]Here's a quote from Charlton Canadian Coins (price guide): "In December, 1936 the reigning King, Edward VII, abdicated in favor of his brother who became George the VI. This placed a great strain upon the Royal Mint in London. It was well along in the preparation of the tools for the British Commonwealth coinage obverses, including those for Canada. All this work had to be scrapped and new obverse tools made for George VI. In 1937, during the delay involved in the preparation of new obverses in London, the Royal Canadian Mint was forced to strike from 1936 dies quantities of all denominations, except the 5-cent, and 50-cent piece. The dies for the 1, 10, and 25 cent pieces are said to have been marked with a tiny dot on the reverse. This was to indicate that the coins were struck in a year different from that borne on the dies and with the bust of the late King. The 1936 dot cent is an extreme rarity: only three, all in mint state, are at present known. Numerous circulated examples of this rarity have come to light over the years; however, none have been satisfactorily authenticated. It seems unlikely that any genuine 1936 dot cents ever circulated, despite the supposedly official mintage of almost 700,000 pieces. It was struck in 1937 prior to the creation of coinage dies for George VI but never released for circulation." Hope this isn't too much information.:smile[/QUOTE]