Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
25 Cents - Victoria
| Issuer | Royal Canadian Mint |
|---|---|
| Year | 1870-1901 |
| Type | Log in to see details |
| Value | Log in to see details |
| Currency | Log in to see details |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Weight | Log in to see details |
| Diameter | Log in to see details |
| Thickness | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Log in to see details |
| Technique | Log in to see details |
| Orientation | Coin alignment ↑↓ |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | Log in to see details |
| Obverse description | Log in to see details |
|---|---|
| Obverse script | Log in to see details |
| Obverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Reverse description | Central denomination 25 CENTS in two lines, with the date below, all enclosed within a wreath of maple leaves tied at the base with a ribbon bow. A St. Edward's Crown surmounts the wreath at the top. The mint mark H, denoting the Heaton Mint of Birmingham, appears in the exergue below the ribbon tie. The design is framed by a beaded border, with the open field giving a clean, uncluttered appearance characteristic of Victorian-era Canadian coinage. |
| Reverse script | Log in to see details |
| Reverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Edge | Log in to see details |
| Mint | Log in to see details |
| Mintage | 1870 - E1 (Effigy), Narrow 0 - 900,000 1870 - E2, Large 0. Qty included above - 1871 - E1 or E2 - 400,000 1871 H - E1 or E2 - 748,000 1872 H - E1 or E2 - 2,240,000 1874 H - E2 - 1,600,000 1875 H - E1 or E2. Includes blunt 5 and pointed 5 varieties. Qty included above - 1,000,000 1880 H - E2, Large 0 - 400,000 1880 H - E2, Narrow 0 over the large one. Qty included above - 1880 H - E2, Narrow 0. Qty included above - 1881 H - E2 - 820,000 1882 H - E3 - 600,000 1883 H - E4 - 960,000 1885 - E2 - 192,000 1886 - E2, E4 or E5, V1 (short ribbon ends), see image in Comments section - 540,000 1886 - E5, V2 (long ribbon ends), see image in Comments section. Qty included above. - 1887 - E5 - 100,000 1888 - E5, Narrow 8s - 400,000 1888 - E5, Thick 8s. Qty included above - 1889 - E5 - 66,324 1890 H - E5 - 200,000 1891 - E5 - 120,000 1892 - E5 - 510,000 1893 - E5 - 100,000 1894 - E5 - 220,000 1899 - E5 - 415,580 1900 - E5 - 1,320,000 1901 - E5. Includes double-struck 9 (9/9) variety - 640,000 |
| Additional information |
Canada's first 25-cent piece was authorized under the Dominion coinage legislation of 1870, which consolidated the fractured currency systems of the newly confederated provinces into a single federal framework. Prior to this, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and the Province of Canada had each operated separate coinage arrangements — some tied to sterling, others to a decimal-Halifax hybrid that caused persistent commercial confusion.
The series ran through six monarchs' worth of Victorian reverses and saw production split between the Royal Mint in London and its Ottawa branch after 1908 — though for this type, all striking occurred in London. The 1875-H, struck at Heaton's Birmingham mint, is the key date, with mintage figures low enough that circulated examples dominate the surviving population almost entirely.