1978 Canada Dollar Value
Expect a 1978 Canada Dollar 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.
1978 Canada Dollar value by grade
| Grade | Estimated value |
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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 the 1978 Canada Dollar selling for today?
Pricing for the 1978 Canada Dollar depends on grade and current collector demand.
1978 Canada Dollar specifications
- Series
- Canada Coinage
- Year
- 1978
- Mint mark
- None (Philadelphia)
- Mintage
- Not recorded
- Composition
- Nickel
- Weight
- 15.888 g
- Diameter
- 32 mm
No mint mark? Here is why
The 1978 Canada 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 1978 Canada Dollar valuable
For the 1978 Canada Dollar, surviving examples tell the story that mint records do not. Museum-documented specimens define the issue for collectors.
Context adds the final layer to the 1978 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.
1978 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 1978 Canada Dollar specimens
4 physically measured 1978 Canada Dollar examples in our reference database. Real measured weights and die axes let you authenticate a coin against the 15.888 g, 32 mm minting standard.
| Specimen | Weight | Diameter | Die axis | References |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1978 Canada Dollar #1 | 15.888 g | 32 mm | - | KM.Canada.120 |
| 1978 Canada Dollar #2 | 15.995 g | 32 mm | - | KM.Canada.120 |
| 1978 Canada Dollar #3 | 15.826 g | 32 mm | - | KM.Canada.120 |
| 1978 Canada Dollar #4 | 23.408 g | 36 mm | - | KM.Canada.121 |
Specifications compiled from documented museum specimens. See our data & methodology page.