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25 Cents - George V
| Issuer | Newfoundland |
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| Year | 1917-1919 |
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| Technique | Milled |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | The reverse features a bold, centrally placed denomination '25 CENTS' inscribed within a plain circular cartouche, with the date below in large numerals. The legend 'NEWFOUNDLAND' arcs along the upper periphery, while an ornamental scrollwork device of intertwining flourishes occupies the lower portion of the field beneath the date. The Ottawa mint mark 'C' appears at the base of the design within the scrollwork. A beaded border frames the entire reverse. |
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Newfoundland maintained its own distinct coinage well into the twentieth century, a consequence of its status as a self-governing Dominion entirely separate from Canada. The 1917–1919 dates on this type fall squarely within wartime production, when silver supplies were under pressure across the British Empire and mint priorities shifted accordingly. Ottawa struck these pieces on Newfoundland's behalf, as the island had no mint of its own.
Newfoundland wouldn't relinquish its separate currency until Confederation in 1949 — one of the last holdouts in North America for a fully independent decimal coinage.