| Issuer | Canada |
| Year | 1858-1901 |
| Type | Standard circulation coins |
| Value | 5 Cents |
| Currency | Dollar (1858-date) |
| Composition | Silver (.925) (.925 silver .075 copper) |
| Weight | 1.167 g |
| Dimensions | 15.494 mm |
| Thickness | 0.70 mm |
| Shape and Technique | Round Milled |
| Orientation | Coin alignment ↑↓ |
| Engraver(s) | Leonard Charles Wyon |
| In circulation to | |
| Reference(s) | KM#2, Kahnt/Schön#2 |
| Obverse description | Head of the very young Queen Victoria wearing a laurel wreath, 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 surrounded by two maple boughs and the crown of Queen Victoria |
| Reverse script | Latin |
| Reverse lettering | 5 CENTS 1858 |
| 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 | 1858 - Reverse with thick listel, E1, small date - 1 460 389 1858 - Reverse with thick listel. Obverse variation: large date over the small one. Qty included below - 1870 - Reverse with narrow listel, 21 leaves, E2. Qty included below - 1870 - Reverse with thick listel, E1 - 2 800 000 1871 - Reverse with narrow listel, 21 leaves, E2 - 1 400 000 1872 H - Reverse with narrow listel, 21 leaves, E2 - 2 000 000 1874 H - Narrow listel, 21 leaves, E2, regular 4, small date - 800 000 1874 H - Narrow listel, crossed 4 large date, E2. Qty included below - 1875 H - Narrow listel, 21 leaves, E2, large date. Qty included above (1874 and 1875 quantities added by mistake) - 1 000 000 1875 H - Narrow listel, 21 leaves, E2, small date. Qty included above (1874 and 1875 quantities added by mistake) - 1880 H - Narrow listel, 21 leaves, E2, E3 - 3 000 000 1881 H - Narrow listel, 21 leaves, E3 - 1 500 000 1882 H - Narrow listel, 22 leaves, E4 - 1 000 000 1883 H - Narrow listel, 22 leaves, E5 - 600 000 1884 - Narrow listel, 22 leaves, E5, Near/Pointed 4 and Far/Blunt 4 varieties - 200 000 1885 - Narrow listel, 22 leaves, E5 large handled 5 - 1 000 000 1885 - Narrow listel, 22 leaves, E5 small handled 5, Qty included below - 1886 - Narrow listel, 22 leaves, E5, large 6 - 1886 - Narrow listel, 22 leaves, E5, small 6 - 1 700 000 1887 - Narrow listel, 22 leaves, E5 - 500 000 1888 - Narrow listel, 22 leaves, E5 - 1 000 000 1889 - Narrow listel, 22 leaves, E5. Qty included above - 1 200 000 1890 H - Narrow listel, 21 leaves, E5 - 1 000 000 1891 - Narrow listel, 21 leaves, E5, E2 - 1 800 000 1892 - Narrow listel, 21 leaves, E5, E2 - 860 000 1893 - Narrow listel, 21 leaves, E2 - 1 700 000 1894 - Narrow listel, 21 leaves, E2 - 500 000 1896 or large 9 - Narrow listel, 21 leaves, E2 - 1 500 000 1897 - Narrow listel, 21 leaves, E2 - 1 319 283 1898 - Narrow listel, 21 leaves, E2 - 580 717 1899 - Narrow listel, 21 leaves, E2 - 3 000 000 1900 - Narrow listel, 21 leaves, E2, large date - 1 800 000 1900 - Narrow listel, 21 leaves, E2, small date, Qty include below - 1901 - Narrow listel, 21 leaves, E2 - 2 000 000 |
| Catalog ID | 4470248540 |
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