By Victor Hayes
In 1949, Canada added the

tenth province to the
‘ Dominion and became the
‘ nation it is teday. The last
province was Newfoundland
which had been a British
colony on the eastern
seaboard of Canada.

As a British colony,
Newfoundland had its own
coinage separate from
Canadian coinage with the
legend “Newfoundland” on
the pieces. When it became
part of Canada, — the
Newfoundland coins were
phased out in favour of
Canadian coins.

This column will take a
look at the coinage in
popular use in Newfoun-
dland before its - Con-
federation date.

In 1865 a large cent was
minted for use in
Newfoundland. The pennies
were slightly larger than the-
Canadian version of. the
- large penny (.13 mm to be
precise) and were struck
with a profile portrait of
Queen Victoria surrounded
by. the legend ‘Victoria D:G:
Reg :’ on the obverse. On the
reverse was struck the date,
the denomination expressed
as ONE CENT, a crown and
the word ‘Newfoundland’.
_ hese large cents were

not minted annually as
elsewhere. After 1865 the
next mintage was in 1872,
- then 1873, 1876, 1880, 1885,
1888, 1890, 1894 and then
1896,

The next mintage of cents
was in 1904 after the
__ascension of Edward the

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‘Seventh. During his reign,

the cents were basically
unchanged (except the
portrait which was his) and
they were only struck three
times, in-1904, 1907 and 1909.

In 1910, George’ the Fifth
came to. the throne and the
one cent coins were minted
in 1913, 1917, 1919, 1920, 1929,
and 1936. The only change i in
their a appearance was the
changed portrait

In 1938, in the first min-
tage after the coronation of

King George the Sixth, the -
‘cents were changed com-

pletely in appearance. They
were minted with the

_crowned effigy of the King

surrounded by the legend
‘Georpius VI Dei Gra: Rex
Et Ind: Imp:’ on the obverse
andon ‘the reverse, the word
‘Newfoundland’ was struck

at the top and ‘One Cent’ at.

the bottom. Between the two
inscriptions was the
Newfoundland floral symbol

with the date struck,: two. -
numbers on either side of

the flower, ‘19 - 41’.
The most obvious change
was-in the size. reduction.

The ‘cents had previously

been 25 mm plus, the new
coins were just over 19 mm
in diameter.

The George Sixth cents’

were minted in 1938, 1940,
1941, 1942, 1943, 1944 and
1947. .

The most: valuable of the
Newfoundland one cent
pieces is the 1880 Oval O. It
lists at about two hundred

dollars in excellent .con-
dition:

“Md

in use at the same time.
- They were the same size

_ as ‘5 Cents’.

_cent pieces was the 1903

638-5
Saterday Mativee at 2.00 2M. only

The Newfoundland tive
cent pieces during Queen
Victoria’s reign carried the
word ‘Newfoundland’ and
were quite distinctive from
the Canadian five cent coins

as the Province of Canada

pieces and had the same

silver content, .925 fine. The ~

.Queen’s profile was on the

obverse, surrounded by the
legend ‘Victoria D;G;Reg:
Newfoundland’. This is the
first coin. that we have

looked at in all of Canada

and . Newfoundland series,
that. had ‘the geographic

value of the coin expressed

‘ area in question printed on| ,
the obverse of the coin along
with the royal portrait.
The reverse of the pieces
- carried the date below the

During - Victoria’ s reign,
the five cent pieces were
minted in staggered years
as‘the cents had been. They,
were minted in 1865, 1870,
1872, 1873, 1876, 1880, 1881,
1882, 1885, ° 1888, 1890, 1994!
and 1896.

The next mintage of five

. Rugged

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mintage In the King Edward
the Seventh series. The
coins.’ during his reign
carried his portrait .and
inscription on the obverse
(minus the ‘Newfoundland’ )

~ and the reverses carried the
‘date, value and the in-

scribed word “Newfoun-
diand’.in an are. on the top
inner circumference.

During Edward’ s reign,
the five cent pieces were
minted in three different,

years — in 1903, 1904 ‘and '-

1908.

In 1910 George the Fifth _

ascended the throne and
during his reign, the five
cent pieces were not
changed except for the royal
portrait. They were minted
in 1912, 1917, 1919 and 1926.

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