1963 Canada Dollar Value
The 1963 Canada Dollar carries a current retail range of about its melt value to well into four figures across circulated and Mint State grades. The figures below break the range down grade by grade.
1963 Canada 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 1963 Canada Dollar value
Pricing for the 1963 Canada Dollar depends on grade and current collector demand.
1963 Canada Dollar specifications
- Series
- Canada Coinage
- Year
- 1963
- Mint mark
- None (Philadelphia)
- Mintage
- Not recorded
- Composition
- Silver
- Weight
- 23.585 g
- Diameter
- 37 mm
Reading a coin with no mint mark
Philadelphia struck the 1963 Canada Dollar, 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 1963 Canada Dollar valuable
Documented examples of the 1963 Canada 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.
There is history in a 1963 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.
1963 Canada Dollar inscriptions & design
Obverse
ELIZABETH II DEI GRATIA REGINA
young laureate bust of the Queen, facing right
Reverse
CANADA DOLLAR
An Indian and a voyageur, a travelling agent for a fur company, paddling a canoe by an islet on which there are two wind-swept trees; in the canoe are bundles of goods; the bundle at the right has HB, representing the Hudson's Bay Company. The vertical lines in the background represent the northern lights.
Measured 1963 Canada Dollar specimens
1 physically measured 1963 Canada Dollar example in our reference database. Real measured weights and die axes let you authenticate a coin against the 23.585 g, 37 mm minting standard.
| Specimen | Weight | Diameter | Die axis | References |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1963 Canada Dollar #1 | 23.585 g | 37 mm | - | KM.Canada.54 |
Specifications compiled from documented museum specimens. See our data & methodology page.