1928 Canada Cent Value

Depending on how well it survived, a 1928 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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1928 Canada Cent value by grade

1928 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 a 1928 Canada Cent worth right now?

The market for the 1928 Canada Cent is driven by condition above all.

1928 Canada Cent specifications

Series
Canada Coinage
Year
1928
Mint mark
None (Philadelphia)
Mintage
Not recorded
Composition
Copper Alloy

No mint mark? Here is why

The 1928 Canada 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 1928 Canada Cent valuable

Context adds the final layer to the 1928 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.

The 1928 Canada Cent lacks precise production records, so its value rests on demonstrated rarity: how often examples surface at auction and how they compare to documented specimens.

1928 Canada Cent inscriptions & design

Obverse

GEORGIVS V DEI GRA: REX ET IND: IMP:

bust l., crowned

Reverse

CANADA / ONE / CENT / (date)

two maple leaves flanking value

Measured 1928 Canada Cent specimens

1 physically measured 1928 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 1928 Canada Cent specimens
SpecimenWeightDiameterDie axisReferences
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Specifications compiled from documented museum specimens. See our data & methodology page.