1 dollar — Canada (1935) — Silver Jubilee of George V
KM# 30
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Special facts
Canada’s first silver dollar, struck for the Silver Jubilee of George V in 1935. The reverse shows a canoe with a voyageur and an Indigenous paddler by Emanuel Hahn; the design stayed on the dollar for more than half a century. Some of the coins are known with a J.O.P. countermark.
About the period
The coins of George V were struck in Ottawa from 1911 to 1936: a bronze cent, silver 5, 10, 25 and 50 cents and, towards the end of the reign, the first Canadian silver dollar. The crowned portrait of the king is the work of Bertram Mackennal. More about the period “George V”, 1910 — 1936
Specifications
- Period
- George V
- Currency
- 1 dollar = 100 cent
- Issue type
- Commemorative
- Mint mark
- Royal Canadian Mint, Canada
- Metal
- Silver
- Fineness
- 800
- Precious metal weight
- 18.664 g
- Diameter
- 36.0 mm
- Thickness
- 2.84 mm
- Weight
- 23.33 g
- Shape
- Round
- Orientation
- Medal (↑↑)
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