1979 Canada Dollar Value
Today a 1979 Canada Dollar typically sells for its melt value to well into four figures, with condition doing most of the work. Where your coin lands depends on wear, strike and surface quality.
1979 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.
How much is a 1979 Canada Dollar worth today?
The market for the 1979 Canada Dollar is driven by condition above all.
1979 Canada Dollar specifications
- Series
- Canada Coinage
- Year
- 1979
- Mint mark
- None (Philadelphia)
- Mintage
- Not recorded
- Composition
- Nickel
- Weight
- 15.505 g
- Diameter
- 32 mm
The missing mint mark, explained
Look for a letter and you will not find one. The 1979 Canada Dollar is a Philadelphia product, and the main mint did not sign its work at this time.
What makes the 1979 Canada Dollar valuable
There is history in a 1979 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.
Without a firm mintage figure, the 1979 Canada Dollar trades on what actually turns up. Documented museum specimens give collectors a benchmark for authenticity and typical preservation.
1979 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 1979 Canada Dollar specimens
5 physically measured 1979 Canada Dollar examples in our reference database. Real measured weights and die axes let you authenticate a coin against the 15.505 g, 32 mm minting standard.
| Specimen | Weight | Diameter | Die axis | References |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 Canada Dollar #1 | 15.505 g | 32 mm | - | KM.Canada.120 |
| 1979 Canada Dollar #2 | 15.392 g | 32 mm | - | KM.Canada.120 |
| 1979 Canada Dollar #3 | 15.458 g | 32 mm | - | KM.Canada.120 |
| 1979 Canada Dollar #4 | 23.49 g | 36 mm | - | KM.Canada.124 |
| 1979 Canada Dollar #5 | 23.034 g | 36 mm | - | KM.Canada.124 |
Specifications compiled from documented museum specimens. See our data & methodology page.