The Crown Collection - World Gold
CANADA

Owner Comments:

1912 $5 Dollar - Design: OBVERSE: Crowned Bust of King George V ~ REVERSE: Arms of the Dominions superimposed upon two boughs of maple (Original 4 Provinces - ONTARIO (ST. George Cross and three maple leaves),QUEBEC (Two Lilies,Lion and three maple leaves),NOVA SCOTIA (A salmon and three thistles), and NEW BRUNSWICK (Lion and a galley).
Mint: Ottawa
Mintage: 165,680
References: KM# 26 / Fr.4
Specifications: mm / 8.3592 g. @ .9000 Gold = .2419 oz AGW
Acquired: October 2005
Notes:
- Designer: Obverse - Sir B.M. E. Bertram Mackennal, Reverse -W.H.J. Blakemore
- Production of the $5 gold coin was halted in 1914 when Canada enacted wartime legislation to restrict the flow of gold.
- The Ottawa Mint was a branch of the Royal Mint of London during the years between 1912 and 1914.