1976 Canada Dollar Value
The 1976 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.
1976 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 1976 Canada Dollar value
Pricing for the 1976 Canada Dollar depends on grade and current collector demand.
1976 Canada Dollar specifications
- Series
- Canada Coinage
- Year
- 1976
- Mint mark
- None (Philadelphia)
- Mintage
- Not recorded
- Composition
- Nickel
- Weight
- 15.357 g
- Diameter
- 32 mm
Reading a coin with no mint mark
No mint mark is the mark here: the 1976 Canada Dollar 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 1976 Canada Dollar valuable
Documented examples of the 1976 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.
Context adds the final layer to the 1976 Canada Dollar. 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.
1976 Canada Dollar inscriptions & design
Obverse
ELIZABETH II DEI GRATIA REGINA
middle-aged crowned and draped 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 1976 Canada Dollar specimens
4 physically measured 1976 Canada Dollar examples in our reference database. Real measured weights and die axes let you authenticate a coin against the 15.357 g, 32 mm minting standard.
| Specimen | Weight | Diameter | Die axis | References |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1976 Canada Dollar #1 | 15.066 g | 32 mm | - | KM.Canada.76.2 |
| 1976 Canada Dollar #2 | 15.357 g | 32 mm | - | KM.Canada.76.2 |
| 1976 Canada Dollar #3 | 15.586 g | 32 mm | - | KM.Canada.76.2 |
| 1976 Canada Dollar #4 | 23.472 g | 36 mm | - | KM.Canada.106 |
Specifications compiled from documented museum specimens. See our data & methodology page.