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10 Cents - George V w/o DEI GRATIA
| Issuer | Royal Canadian Mint |
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| Year | 1911 |
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| Value | 10 Cents |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | The reverse displays the face value numeral '10' above the word 'CENTS', with 'CANADA' and the date '1911' completing the legend arranged around the periphery. The central design is flanked by two symmetrically positioned maple boughs, a longstanding emblem of Canadian national identity on the coinage series. A St. Edward's Crown surmounts the composition at the top of the field, lending the design an air of regal authority. The overall reverse layout was engraved by Leonard Charles Wyon and follows the standard type established for Canadian silver minor coinage of this era. The design is clean and well-balanced, with the floral and arboreal elements rendered with fine engraving detail. |
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The 1911 Canadian coinage series launched without the traditional "DEI GRATIA" abbreviation — by omission, not accident. The Colonial Office approved the dies without the phrase, triggering immediate public outcry that the king was being presented as monarch by parliamentary authority alone rather than divine right. Critics dubbed the series the "Godless Coinage." Ottawa quietly recut the obverse dies the following year, and every subsequent George V Canadian issue carried the restored inscription.
Only one year of production. That single-year status makes the dime the most accessible denomination from the controversial issue, with mintage running to just over 2.7 million pieces.