CANADA’S NEW COINAGE

Te Awamutu Courier, Volume 55, Issue 3941, 18 August 1937, Page 10

CANADA’S NEW COINAGE

MOST ARTISTIC EVER ISSUED.

A new series of coins is to be issued in Canada which, according to Mr Dunning, the Minister of Finance, will be the most artistic ever issued.

The design for the obverse impression of coins of all denominations will be the effigy of the King with the inscription “Georgius VI D. G. Rex. et Ind. Imp.,’ For the reverse sides the designs will be as follows: One dollar.—A canoe manned by an Indian and a voyageur, an islet in the background; above, the word “Canada” with the Northern Lights; below, the word “dollar” and the date of the year, with a graining upon the edge.

Fifty cents.—Between supporters, the ensigns armorial of Canada in a shield surmounted by the Royal crown, “50 cents.” above and “Canada” below with the date of the year and a graining upon the edge. Twenty-five cents.—A caribou head, “25 cents” between the antlers, and surrounded by the word “Canada” and the date of the year, with a graining upon the edge. Ten cents. A fishing schooner under sail, “Canada” above, and “10 cents” below, with the date of the year, and a graining upon the edge. Five cents.—A beaver; above “6 cents” between two maple leaves, and below “Canada,” and the date of the year, with a plain edge. One cent.—A two-leaved twig cf maple, “1 cent’ above, and “Canada” below, with the date of the year, and a plain edge.