10 cent — Canada (1968)

Special facts

The 10 cents of 1968 in 500 silver, the last silver ones; 70.5 million.

About the period

The coins of Elizabeth II were struck from 1953 to 2022, almost seventy years in which four portraits of the queen succeeded one another: by Mary Gillick (1953–1964), Arnold Machin (1965–1989), Dora de Pédery-Hunt (1990–2003), the first portrait by a Canadian sculptor, and Susanna Blunt (from 2003). More about the period “Elizabeth II”, 1952 — 2022

Coins and banknotes of this year: 1968

Other items of the period

• 5 cent
• 1963–1964 KM# 57 1st portrait; round
• 1965–1978 KM# 60 2nd portrait
• 1979–1981 KM# 60 2nd portrait modified
• 1982–1989 KM# 60 2nd portrait; Copper-nickel
• 1990–2001 KM# 182 3rd portrait
• 1999–2003 KM# 182 3rd portrait; magnetic
• 2003–2006 KM# 491 4th portrait; magnetic
• 2006 KM# 491 4th portrait; non-magnetic
• 2006–2022 KM# 491 4th portrait; magnetic with RCM logo
• 10 cent
• 1953–1964 KM# 51 1st portrait
• 1965–1966 KM# 61 2nd portrait, silver (.800)
• 1968 KM# 72 2nd portrait; Nickel
• 1968 KM# 72 2nd portrait; silver (.500)
• 1969–1978 KM# 73 2nd portrait, Modified reverse
• 1979–1989 KM# 77 2nd portrait modified
• 1990–2000 KM# 183 3rd portrait
• 1999–2003 KM# 183 3rd portrait; plated
• 2003–2006 KM# 492 4th portrait
• 2006–2022 KM# 492 4th portrait with RCM logo
• 25 cent
• 1953–1964 KM# 52 1st portrait
• 1965–1966 KM# 62 2nd portrait, silver (.800)
• 1968–1978 KM# 62 2nd portrait, Nickel
• 1968 KM# 62 2nd portrait, silver (.500)
• 1979–1989 KM# 74 2nd portrait modified
• 1990–2001 KM# 184 3rd portrait

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