1920 Canada Cent Value

Depending on how well it survived, a 1920 Canada Cent brings anywhere from its melt value to well into four figures. The figures below break the range down grade by grade.

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Illustrative rendering. Photographs of this date are being added.

1920 Canada Cent value by grade

1920 Canada Cent value by grade
GradeEstimated 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 1920 Canada Cent selling for today?

The market for the 1920 Canada Cent is driven by condition above all.

1920 Canada Cent specifications

Series
Canada Coinage
Year
1920
Mint mark
None (Philadelphia)
Mintage
Not recorded
Composition
Copper Alloy

Reading a coin with no mint mark

Philadelphia struck the 1920 Canada Cent, and Philadelphia coins of this period carry no mint mark at all. An empty space at the usual mint mark position (see the series guide) confirms a Philadelphia strike, not a flaw.

What makes the 1920 Canada Cent valuable

Context adds the final layer to the 1920 Canada Cent. 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.

Documented examples of the 1920 Canada Cent in our reference database anchor what we know about this issue. Mintage records are incomplete, so collector demand and surviving population drive its market.

1920 Canada Cent inscriptions & design

Obverse

GEORGIVS V DEI GRA: REX ET IND: IMP:

bust l., crowned

Reverse

ONE / CENT / CANADA / (date)

value within circular vine

Measured 1920 Canada Cent specimens

1 physically measured 1920 Canada Cent example in our reference database. Real measured weights and die axes let you authenticate a coin against the g, mm minting standard.

Measured 1920 Canada Cent specimens
SpecimenWeightDiameterDie axisReferences
1920 Canada Cent #1----

Specifications compiled from documented museum specimens. See our data & methodology page.