Week # 249-Happy Friday Everyone!

[Melissa Pearce]

QUESTION:

 

Why did the 1947 Newfoundland cent carry a 'C' mintmark when the 1947 Canada cent struck at the same facility did not?

 

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[mhardin2413]

to signify its new membership in the dominion of canada and one last gesture of individuality.

[bsshog40]

Because the mint was waiting for new dies from canada that had some sort of title corrections.

[Allan Ong]

Newfoundland was not a Canadian province until 1949.

[rtpjr]

Newfoundland was not a part of Canada until March of 1949. Coinage was usually minted in Britain but because of World War II, mintage of coinage was shifted to the Canada Ottawa Facility,This was done to avoid the risks of transatlantic shipping. Coins manufactured in Ottawa between 1940 and 1947 have a C Mint Mark to signify that the coins were manufactured in Ottawa. Canadian coins that were minted in Ottawa were not given a mint mark unless they were sovereigns.

[mark]

Newfoundland did not join the Dominion of Canada until 1949. CANADIAN coins did not have the "C" mintmark but the coins of a "foreign country," Newfoundland, did have the "C" mintmark.

 

Mark

[DC Dawg]

Since Newfoundland was did not join the dominion of Canada and remained independent, they continued to have their own coinage. Prior to 1940, Newfoundland cents were minted by the Royal Mint. To prevent shipments of coins being hijacked during World War II, Newfoundland contracted the Royal Canadian Mint to strike the coins. The "C" indicates the coins were minted in Canada at the Ottawa Mint. Newfoundland coins were minted in Ottawa from 1940-1947 including the 1940 and 1942 issues, which are missing the mint mark.

 

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Scott

[dan8402]

Newfoundland's coins manufactured in Ottawa between 1940 and 1947 have a C Mint Mark to signify that the coins were manufactured in Ottawa. This was before Newfoundland became a part of the Canadian Confederation in 1949.

[Admiral Mike-migration]

Newfoundland did not join the Confederation until 1949. Until then Newfoundland was a sovereign entity, allowed to coin its own currency. All Canadian coinage of the time was minted at Ottawa (C mintmark), with few exceptions (1907 cent at Heaton), and thus was not mintmarked. Newfoundland cents of 1947 (as well as most coinage) carry the Ottawa mintmark as a sign of not being minted within Newfoundland. Some other Newfoundland coinage bear the "H" mintmark having been minted at the Royal Mint in Birmingham (Heaton).

[just-john]

he Government of Newfoundland decided to modernise some of the coins; however, there was a very strong conservative element that was in favour of changing only the 1-cent piece.

 

The 1938 issue was struck at the Royal Mint in London, England. From 1940 to 1947, the coins were struck at the Royal Canadian Mint in Ottawa, Canada.

 

* 1 cent: In 1940 and 1942, the Canadian Mint forgot the C mintmark. Cents were also minted in Canada in 1941, 1943-44, and 1947.

* 5 cents: The rarest date in this denomination is the 1946C, with only 2041 coins known.

new foundland was not part of canada in 1947 so they got the C to show it came from canada not england as it did before

[Melissa Pearce]

QUESTION:

 

Why did the 1947 Newfoundland cent carry a 'C' mintmark when the 1947 Canada cent struck at the same facility did not?

 

ANSWER:

 

Newfoundland had not yet joined the Canadian Confederation.

 

Congratulations to our lst place winner Allan Ong, you will receive a copy of "A guide Book of Modern United States Proof Coin Sets", by David Lange. Congratulations to our runner up winner Dan8402, you will be receiving a display box.

 

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