1969 Canada 10 Cent Value

Expect a 1969 Canada 10 Cent to trade between about its melt value and well into four figures, driven almost entirely by grade. Where your coin lands depends on wear, strike and surface quality.

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1969 Canada 10 Cent value by grade

1969 Canada 10 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.

Today's value of the 1969 Canada 10 Cent

Pricing for the 1969 Canada 10 Cent depends on grade and current collector demand.

1969 Canada 10 Cent specifications

Series
Canada Coinage
Year
1969
Mint mark
None (Philadelphia)
Mintage
Not recorded
Composition
Nickel
Weight
2.102 g
Diameter
18 mm

Why there is no letter on this coin

No mint mark is the mark here: the 1969 Canada 10 Cent comes from the main Philadelphia Mint, which left its coins unlettered in this era. The position where branch mints placed their letter (varies by series) is simply blank.

What makes the 1969 Canada 10 Cent valuable

Documented examples of the 1969 Canada 10 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.

There is history in a 1969 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.

1969 Canada 10 Cent inscriptions & design

Obverse

ELIZABETH II DEI GRATIA REGINA

middle-aged crowned, draped bust of the Queen, facing right

Reverse

10 CENTS CANADA

fishing schooner under sail

Measured 1969 Canada 10 Cent specimens

2 physically measured 1969 Canada 10 Cent examples in our reference database. Real measured weights and die axes let you authenticate a coin against the 2.102 g, 18 mm minting standard.

Measured 1969 Canada 10 Cent specimens
SpecimenWeightDiameterDie axisReferences
1969 Canada 10 Cent #12.102 g18 mm-KM.Canada.77.1
1969 Canada 10 Cent #2---KM.77

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