1886 Canada 10 Cent Value
In the current market, a 1886 Canada 10 Cent changes hands for roughly its melt value at the low end and well into four figures at the top. The figures below break the range down grade by grade.
1886 Canada 10 Cent 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.
What is the 1886 Canada 10 Cent selling for today?
Pricing for the 1886 Canada 10 Cent depends on grade and current collector demand.
1886 Canada 10 Cent specifications
- Series
- Canada Coinage
- Year
- 1886
- Mint mark
- None (Philadelphia)
- Mintage
- Not recorded
- Composition
- Silver
Why there is no letter on this coin
The 1886 Canada 10 Cent was struck at the Philadelphia Mint, which used no mint mark in this era. If you find no letter where branch-mint coins carry one (check the usual position for this series), you are holding a Philadelphia issue.
What makes the 1886 Canada 10 Cent valuable
For the 1886 Canada 10 Cent, surviving examples tell the story that mint records do not. Museum-documented specimens define the issue for collectors.
There is history in a 1886 Canada Coinage as well. Documented Canada coin types preserved in museum collections, with measured specifications for each date, denomination and mint. That backdrop keeps the series among the most actively collected in American numismatics.
Measured 1886 Canada 10 Cent specimens
2 physically measured 1886 Canada 10 Cent examples in our reference database. Real measured weights and die axes let you authenticate a coin against the g, mm minting standard.
| Specimen | Weight | Diameter | Die axis | References |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1886 Canada 10 Cent #1 | - | - | - | KM.3 |
| 1886 Canada 10 Cent #2 | - | - | - | KM.3 |
Specifications compiled from documented museum specimens. See our data & methodology page.