Specifications
Canadians coins have medallic orientation, like British or euro coins, and unlike U.S. coins, which have coin orientation.
| Canadian coins | ||||||||||
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| Image | Value | Technical parameters | Description | Common name | ||||||
| Obverse | Reverse | Diameter | Thickness | Mass | Composition | Edge | Obverse | Reverse | ||
| 1¢ | 19.05 mm | 1.45 mm | 2.35 g | 94% steel 1.5% nickel 4.5% copper plating |
Plain (1920-1981, 1997-2012) 12-sided (1982-1996) |
Queen Elizabeth II | Maple leaf | Penny |
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| 5¢ | 21.2 mm | 1.76 mm | 3.95 g | 94.5% steel 3.5% copper 2% nickel plating |
Plain, formerly 12-sided | Queen Elizabeth II | Beaver | Nickel | ||
| 10¢ | 18.03 mm | 1.22 mm | 1.75 g | 92% steel 5.5% copper 2.5% nickel plating |
Milled. | The Bluenose | Dime | |||
| 25¢ | 23.88 mm | 1.58 mm | 4.4 g | 94% steel 3.8% copper 2.2% nickel plating |
Caribou | Quarter | ||||
| 50¢ | 27.13 mm | 1.95 mm | 6.9 g | 93.15% steel 4.75% copper 2.1% nickel plating |
Canadian coat of arms | 50¢ piece, Half Dollar | ||||
| $1 | 26.5 mm 11 curved sides |
1.75 mm | 7 g | 91.5% nickel 8.5% bronze plating (88% copper, 12% tin) |
Plain, eleven-sided (all other circulating coins are circular) | Queen Elizabeth II | Common loon | Loonie |
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| $2 | 28 mm | 1.8 mm | 7.3 g | Ring: 99% nickel Center: 92% copper 6% aluminium 2% nickel |
Intermittent milled/smooth/edge lettered | Polar bear | Toonie | |||
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