The Newfoundland ten cent coins exist as a
bronze pattern with the adopted
obverse
Obverse and its opposite, reverse, refer to the two flat faces of coins and some other two-sided objects, including paper money, flags, seals, medals, drawings, old master prints and other works of art, and printed fabrics. In this usage, ...
from the
New Brunswick
New Brunswick (french: Nouveau-Brunswick, , locally ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada. It is one of the three Maritime provinces and one of the four Atlantic provinces. It is the only province with both English and ...
coin (the words Newfoundland substitute New Brunswick). This design adoption is similar to that used for
Newfoundland five cent coins.
The obverse, featuring
Queen Victoria
Victoria (Alexandrina Victoria; 24 May 1819 – 22 January 1901) was Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 20 June 1837 until her death in 1901. Her reign of 63 years and 216 days was longer than that of any previo ...
, has three different varieties. The first variety is found on coins dated 1865, 1870, and 1873. There are two leaves at the top of the laurel crown. Another key way to distinguish this is the use of two dots before and after Newfoundland on the obverse.
[Charlton Standard Catalogue of Canadian Coins, p. 43, W.K. Cross, 60th Edition, 2006]
The second variety features three leaves at the top of the
laurel crown and a dot can be found before but not after Newfoundland on the obverse. This variety is featured on coins dated 1870, 1872H, 1873, 1876H, 1880, 1885 and 1894.
The final variety is similar to the first variety with the two leaves at the top of the laurel crown. The difference is that the leaf barely touches the legend band of the obverse and is found on coins dated 1882H, 1885, 1888, 1890, 1894 and 1896.
1871 Mint Mule
A rare variety exists because an 1871H Dominion of
Canada
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reverse die was
muled with an H Newfoundland obverse die.
Mintages
Queen Victoria Laureated Portrait, 1865-1896
Specifications
Mintages
Edward VII, 1903-1904
The obverse is that used for the Dominion of Canada coins. The reverse is a new design by George W. DeSaulles.
[Charlton Standard Catalogue of Canadian Coins, p. 45, W.K. Cross, 60th Edition, 2006]
Specifications
Mintages
George V, 1912-1919
The obverse is the same as for the Dominion of Canada issues. The reverse is a continuation of the Newfoundland Edward VII designs.
Specifications
Mintages
George VI, 1938-1947
The obverse for this denomination used Percy Metcalfe’s standard portrait of George VI for British colonial coinages and the existing Edward VII/George V reverse. The mintage figures for 1946 and 1947 are considered unofficial. The same issue occurred with the
Newfoundland five cents
Work on the coinage tools for the Newfoundland five-cent coin began after the one-cent coin, so the coin has no legend. The first pattern is derived from the New Brunswick obverse with Newfoundland substituted for New Brunswick.
Queen Victoria La ...
coins of the era. Published official mint reports do not indicate any mintage of the denomination during 1946, although there appears to be 1946 coins created in 1947.
[Charlton Standard Catalogue of Canadian Coins, p. 41, W.K. Cross, 60th Edition, 2006] Therefore, mintage figures for 1946 and 1947 are unofficial.
Specifications
Mintages
References
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