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25 Cents - George V
| Issuer | Royal Canadian Mint |
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| Year | 1920-1936 |
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| Technique | Milled |
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| Obverse description | Left-facing crowned effigy of King George V, rendered in high relief after the portrait by Sir Edgar Bertram MacKennal. The king is depicted in military dress with epaulettes and decorations visible at the truncation. The circumferential legend reads GEORGIVS V DEI GRA: REX ET IND:IMP: in raised Latin characters, separated by a raised dot at the conclusion. The reeded rim frames the design with a fine toothed border. |
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| Obverse lettering | GEORGIVS V DEI GRA: REX ET IND:IMP: (Translation: George V, by the Grace of God, King and Emperor of India) |
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The shift to .800 fine silver in 1920 — down from the .925 sterling standard used since Confederation — was driven by postwar silver prices that made the older alloy genuinely unprofitable to coin. Canada was not alone; Britain made similar reductions around the same period. The 1936 dot issue within this series remains one of the most storied varieties in Canadian numismatics, with only a handful of confirmed specimens struck as record pieces after George V's death while Edward VIII coinage was being prepared.