| Issuer | Canada |
| Year | 1870-1901 |
| Type | Standard circulation coins |
| Value | 25 Cents |
| Currency | Dollar (1858-date) |
| Composition | Silver (.925) (.925 silver .075 copper) |
| Weight | 5.81 g |
| Dimensions | 23.88 mm |
| Thickness | |
| Shape and Technique | Round Milled |
| Orientation | Coin alignment ↑↓ |
| Engraver(s) | Leonard Charles Wyon |
| In circulation to | |
| Reference(s) | KM#5, Kahnt/Schön#6 |
| Obverse description | Head of Queen Victoria wearing a tiara, facing left. |
| Obverse script | Latin |
| Obverse lettering | VICTORIA DEI GRATIA REGINA.
CANADA (Translation: Victoria Queen by the grace of God) |
| Reverse description | The face value is surrounded with two maple boughs and a crown |
| Reverse script | Latin |
| Reverse lettering | 25 CENTS 1880 H |
| Edge | Reeded |
| Mint | Royal Mint (Tower Hill), London,United Kingdom (1810-1975) H Heaton and Sons / The Mint Birmingham (Heaton and Sons / The Mint Birmingham Limited),United Kingdom (1850-2003) |
| 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 |
| Catalog ID | 5719472210 |
| Comments |
