Canadian $10 Gold Coin

Canadian $10 1913 Reverse



Canadian $10 1913 Obverse

Canadian $10 Gold Coin was minted by the Royal Canadian Mint for 3 years from 1912 to 1914. The coin weighs 16.7185 grams and is made of 90% pure gold with 10% being copper, and having 0.48 troy ounces of gold content.

The full specification for the Canadian $10 gold coin is as follows:

The legislation for the production of the Canadian $10 gold coin was first provided in 1908 along with Canadian $5 gold coin. However, it was not until three years later in 1911 when it was approved. The design for the $10 Gold Coin as well as the $5 Gold coin created by W.H.J. Blackmore was sent to the Royal Canadian Mint in October 1911, and by November of the same year both designs were approved and production of Canadian $10 gold coin had started.

The designs of both $5 and $10 gold coins are very similar except for denominations. The obverse of the coin features a portrait of King George V facing left. On its reverse the coin shows Canadian coat of arms with maple boughs on the outside. The coin has a reeded edge, which measures 26.92 mm in circumference.

As the Canadian $10 gold coin was issued only for a short period of three years, it's considered scarce or even very rare depending on the year of issue. Yet the mintage of the coin can be used only as a reference as some number of the coins was re-melted during the years later. The production of the coin was started not in the best time the world was on the bridge of the World War I and many countries were going through financial crisis. As the result of global instability and financial depression, the mintage of gold coins in Canada was limited to small numbers. There were only 74,759 coins minted in 1912, with about twice as many 149,232 in 1913, and 140,068 in 1913. In total, there were 364,059 Canadian $10 gold coins produced in three years from 1912 to 1914.

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