10 Dollars - George V Pattern

This bronze pattern was struck at Ottawa in 1928 as part of an internal RCM evaluation of a proposed gold $10 denomination that never entered circulation. Canada had been on the gold standard, but mounting pressure — formalized just a few years later when Canada suspended gold convertibility in 1931 — made a new high-value gold coinage politically untenable. The bronze substitutes production metal to allow die trials without committing gold stock.

Surviving examples are exceedingly few; most pattern pieces from this exercise remained in government or mint holdings for decades.