10 cent — Canada (1953–1964)
KM# 51
Special facts
The silver 10 cents of 1953–1964 with the queen’s first portrait; 49.5 million in 1964.
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
Specifications
- Period
- Elizabeth II
- Face value
- 10 cent: all issues
- Currency
- 1 dollar = 100 cent
- Issue type
- Circulation
- Distinguishing feature
- 1st portrait
- Metal
- Silver
- Fineness
- 800
- Precious metal weight
- 1.864 g
- Diameter
- 18.034 mm
- Thickness
- 1.1 mm
- Weight
- 2.33 g
- Shape
- Round
- Orientation
- Medal (↑↑)
Variants
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| Year | Mint | Mintage | Price | Details | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1953 1953, Royal Canadian Mint, Canada Photo: Mister rf (coin design: Emanuel Hahn), via Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 |
RCM | 17,706,395 | Estimate | + ☆ | |
| 1954 | RCM | 4,493,150 | Estimate | + ☆ | |
| 1955 | RCM | 12,237,294 | Estimate | + ☆ | |
| 1956 | RCM | 16,732,844 | Estimate | + ☆ | |
| 1957 | RCM | 16,110,229 | Estimate | + ☆ | |
| 1958 | RCM | 10,621,236 | Estimate | + ☆ | |
| 1959 | RCM | 19,691,433 | Estimate | + ☆ | |
| 1960 | RCM | 45,446,835 | Estimate | + ☆ | |
| 1961 | RCM | 26,850,859 | Estimate | + ☆ | |
| 1962 | RCM | 41,864,335 | Estimate | + ☆ | |
| 1963 | RCM | 41,916,208 | Estimate | + ☆ | |
| 1964 | RCM | 49,518,549 | Estimate | + ☆ |
Other items of the period
- 1 cent
- 2006–2012 KM# 490 4th portrait; non-magnetic with RCM logo
- 5 cent
- 1953–1954 KM# 50 1st portrait, steel
- 1955–1962 KM# 50 1st portrait, nickel
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1963–1964
KM# 57
1st portrait; round
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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
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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
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