Ken P's What's Notable Site


What's Notable about the Year
1920
for Canadian Coin Collectors?


  • Last large (25.4mm diameter) one cent coin.
  • Last one cent coin with 16 maple leaf reverse design.
  • First small (19.05mm diameter) one cent coin.
  • First one cent coin with symmetric two maple leaf reverse design.
  • First five cent, ten cent, 25 cent, and fifty cent coins with composition 0.8 silver, 0.2 copper.
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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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