These pages show the different types of circulating coins produced in the (Dominion of) Canada. My target audience is not so much the serious numismatist, but more the novice and casual collector. Coins can be collected in various manners: coins for circulation versus coins for collectors, individual coins versus sets or rolls, circulated coins versus mint state, every date and mint mark versus major types. This Web site presents information to help with assembling a "type" collection of individual circulated Dominion of Canada coins. What is "type" collecting? Type collecting is assembling coins of different designs. A type set generally excludes minor variations that include the same basic design. Examples are date change, and mint marks. Major variations in coin composition (such as a switch from 80% silver to 100% nickel) constitute a type change, but a minor variation (such as the ratios of copper, tin, and zinc in 1940s 1-cent coins) do not represent a type change. Different collectors will have their own opinions of what coins should be included in a type collection. The following is my interpretation of significant year-to-year changes in Canadian circulating coins. Dating - Don't spend a cent at Singles Dating for Free The monetary system of Canada: 1867- 100 Cents = 1 Dollar One cent Starting with 1876-1901 Five cents Starting with 1870-1901 Ten cents Starting with 1870-1901 Twenty-five cents Starting with 1870-1901 Fifty cents Starting with 1870-1901 One dollar Starting with 1935 Two dollars Starting with 1996-1998 Five dollars Starting with 1912-1914 Ten dollars Starting with 1912-1914 Twenty dollars Starting with 2011 References: - Canadian Coins, 61st Edition 2007, by W.K. Cross, 2007. - Canadian Coins, 58th Edition 2004, by W.K. Cross, 2003. - 2007 Standard Catalog of World Coins, by Chester L. Krause and Clifford Mishler, 2006. - Chronology of Canadian Coins, by Ken Polsson, 2007.

Other web pages of interest: Chronology of Canadian Coins Coins on Stamps: Canada United Kingdom Coins: Type Collecting United States Coins: Type Collecting Mexican Coins: Type Collecting Australian Coins: Type Collecting New Zealand Coins: Type Collecting Swedish Coins: Type Collecting This Day in History