1870 Canada 2 Dollar Value
In the current market, a 1870 Canada 2 Dollar changes hands for roughly its melt value at the low end and well into four figures at the top. See the grade table below for exactly where your coin falls.
Public domain image (struck or printed before 1926). Click to enlarge.
1870 Canada 2 Dollar value by grade
| Grade | Estimated value |
|---|
Estimated retail range. Estimates are modeled from mintage rarity and metal content, not auction records. Actual sale prices vary with certification, eye appeal and market timing.
Current 1870 Canada 2 Dollar value
Pricing for the 1870 Canada 2 Dollar depends on grade and current collector demand.
1870 Canada 2 Dollar specifications
- Series
- Canada Coinage
- Year
- 1870
- Mint mark
- None (Philadelphia)
- Mintage
- Not recorded
- Composition
- Gold
- Weight
- 3.33 g
- Diameter
- 18 mm
Reading a coin with no mint mark
The 1870 Canada 2 Dollar comes from Philadelphia, which struck coins without a mint mark. If the spot where branch-mint coins show a letter is empty on your 1870, that is exactly as it should be.
What makes the 1870 Canada 2 Dollar valuable
Documented examples of the 1870 Canada 2 Dollar in our reference database anchor what we know about this issue. Mintage records are incomplete, so collector demand and surviving population drive its market.
Context adds the final layer to the 1870 Canada 2 Dollar. Documented Canada coin types preserved in museum collections, with measured specifications for each date, denomination and mint. Owning this date means owning a piece of that story, and demand for the series as a whole sustains liquidity for every issue in it.
1870 Canada 2 Dollar inscriptions & design
Obverse
VICTORIA D:G: REG: NEWFOUNDLAND
Victoria hd. l.
Reverse
TWO HUNDRED CENTS ONE HUNDRED PENCE 2 DOLLARS (date)
value within legend
Measured 1870 Canada 2 Dollar specimens
1 physically measured 1870 Canada 2 Dollar example in our reference database. Real measured weights and die axes let you authenticate a coin against the 3.33 g, 18 mm minting standard.
| Specimen | Weight | Diameter | Die axis | References |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1870 Canada 2 Dollar #1 | 3.33 g | 18 mm | 6 h | Friedberg.Newfoundland.1 |
Specifications compiled from documented museum specimens. See our data & methodology page.