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5 Cents In the name of George VI, Identification of Nickel
| Issuer | Royal Canadian Mint |
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| Year | 2015 |
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| Value | 5 Cents |
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| Reverse description | A faithful high-relief recreation of the historic Canadian 5-cent nickel design as engraved by Thomas Shingles, featuring selective 24-karat gold plating applied to key design elements. The central motif reproduces the classic composition associated with the wartime Victory nickel series, rendered with fine detail on this commemorative issue. The legend CANADA NICKEL 5 CENTS appears around the design, with the commemorative year 2015 and the engraver's initials TS incorporated into the composition. |
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| Reverse lettering | CANADA NICKEL 5 CENTS 2015 TS |
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The "Victory nickel" — Canada's wartime five-cent piece struck in tombac and later chrome-plated steel from 1942 to 1945 — was the first Canadian coin to carry a message in Morse code along its edge, a detail authorized as a morale-building measure during the Second World War. This 2015 silver restrike is a collector reproduction of that wartime type, issued as part of the Royal Canadian Mint's ongoing program revisiting historically significant domestic coinage. The original nickel was removed from circulation specifically because the metal was needed for war production.