Canadian $5 Gold Coin

Canadian $5 1913 Reverse



Canadian $5 1913 Obverse

Canadian $5 Gold Coin was produced by the Ottawa Mint for three years from 1912 to 1914. The coin weighs 8.3592 gram and consists 24 troy ounces of pure gold; the Canadian $5 Gold coin composition is 90% of pure gold and 10% of copper.

The full specification for the Canadian $5 gold coin is as follows:

The legislation for these coins was first provided in 1908, however it was not until 1911 when it was granted and production of the Canadian $5 gold coin started. At the same time, the Ottawa mint was producing Canadian sovereigns, which were identical to British ones except for the "C" mint mark. And Canadian $5 coin was similar to sovereign, but not the same. The design by W.H.J Blackmore for the $5 coin and its bigger cousin Canadian $10 gold coin was sent to the Royal Mint in October 1911. By November of the same year both designs were approved for use and starting from the next the production had started.

The reverse of the Canadian $5 gold coin shows the old Canadian coat of arms with maple boughs on the outside. The obverse depicts a portrait of King George V facing left; the coin has a reeded edge. As the coin was produced only for three years and in a rather small mintage, the Canadian $5 gold coin is a very scarce collector's item, which is often sought by many coin collectors offline and oline. The mintage of the coin was the largest at the first year of issue, totaling the number of coin issued in 1912 to 165,680. The next 1913 year was less productive and only 98,832 c oins were struck by the Ottawa mint. The 1914 year was the last year when Canadian $5 gold coin was minted and the total of 31,122 was produced in that year.

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