What's Notable about the Year
1951
for Canadian Coin Collectors?
- Reverse design of nickel five cent coin commemorates 200th anniversary of the isolation and naming of nickel.
- Composition of five cent coin (with beaver reverse) changed back to nickel and chromium plated steel.
- Early strikings of steel five cent coin are in high relief and scarce.
- New 25 cent coin obverse dies of same design partway through year, switch to lower relief slightly larger design.
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Other web pages of interest:
Chronology of Canadian Coins
Canadian Coins: Type Collecting
Canadian Maple Leaf Bullion Coins
Ken P's Today in History
Ken P's Coin/Stamp/Bill Novelties
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