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10 Cents - Elizabeth II 2nd portrait
| Issuer | Canada |
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| Year | 1969-1989 |
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| Composition | Nickel |
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| Obverse description | Right-facing effigy of Queen Elizabeth II wearing a tiara and drop earring, rendered in Arnold Machin's second portrait design as adopted for Canadian coinage from 1965. The queen's hair is elaborately styled and adorned with a diadem, and her neckline is draped. The legend ELIZABETH II curves along the left rim, while D·G·REGINA arcs along the right rim. A fine dentilated border frames the entire obverse field. |
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| Obverse lettering | ELIZABETH II D·G·REGINA (Translation: Elizabeth II Queen by the grace of God) |
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Canada's switch to pure nickel coinage in 1968 was driven primarily by the rising commodity value of silver — the silver dimes that preceded this issue had been systematically pulled from circulation and melted by hoarders once their metal content exceeded face value. The nickel composition solved that problem but introduced another: early strikes in the series were notoriously prone to poor surface quality, and the Royal Canadian Mint spent several years refining its striking pressure and planchet preparation for the harder metal.
The KM#77.1 designation covers a twenty-year production run with minor die variations documented between the Schön subtype references.