Ken P's What's Notable Site

What's Notable about the Year
1919
for Canadian Coin Collectors?


  • Composition of one cent coin changed from 0.95/0.04/0.01 copper/tin/zinc to 0.955/0.03/0.015.
  • Last five cent, ten cent, 25 cent, and fifty cent coins with composition 0.925 silver, 0.075 copper.
  • Last one pound gold coin.
  • Newfoundland colony: Last twenty-five cent and fifty cent coins.
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Other web pages of interest:

  • Chronology of Canadian Coins
  • Canadian Coins: Type Collecting
  • Ken P's Today in History
  • Ken P's Coin/Stamp/Bill Novelties
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