1974 Canada 10 Dollar Value

A 1974 Canada 10 Dollar is worth roughly its melt value to well into four figures depending on its condition. Exceptional, certified pieces regularly exceed the top of that range.

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Illustrative rendering. Photographs of this date are being added.

1974 Canada 10 Dollar value by grade

1974 Canada 10 Dollar 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.

How much is a 1974 Canada 10 Dollar worth today?

Pricing for the 1974 Canada 10 Dollar depends on grade and current collector demand.

1974 Canada 10 Dollar specifications

Series
Canada Coinage
Year
1974
Mint mark
None (Philadelphia)
Mintage
Not recorded
Composition
Silver
Weight
48.162 g
Diameter
44 mm

Why this coin has no mint mark

The 1974 Canada 10 Dollar 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 1974 Canada 10 Dollar valuable

There is history in a 1974 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.

Documented examples of the 1974 Canada 10 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.

1974 Canada 10 Dollar inscriptions & design

Obverse

ELIZABETH II CANADA 1974

middle-aged bust of the Queen, facing right

Reverse

Montreal 1976 Olympiade XXI Olympiad 10 Dollars

temple of Zeus

Measured 1974 Canada 10 Dollar specimens

5 physically measured 1974 Canada 10 Dollar examples in our reference database. Real measured weights and die axes let you authenticate a coin against the 48.162 g, 44 mm minting standard.

Measured 1974 Canada 10 Dollar specimens
SpecimenWeightDiameterDie axisReferences
1974 Canada 10 Dollar #149.159 g44 mm-KM.Canada.93
1974 Canada 10 Dollar #248.828 g44 mm-KM.Canada.94
1974 Canada 10 Dollar #348.162 g44 mm-KM.Canada.96
1974 Canada 10 Dollar #447.603 g44 mm-KM.Canada.95
1974 Canada 10 Dollar #5-44 mm-KM.Canada.94

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