1982 Canada Dollar Value

Depending on how well it survived, a 1982 Canada Dollar brings anywhere from its melt value to well into four figures. Certified examples in top grades can run far higher.

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Illustrative rendering. Photographs of this date are being added.

1982 Canada Dollar value by grade

1982 Canada 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 1982 Canada Dollar worth today?

Pricing for the 1982 Canada Dollar depends on grade and current collector demand.

1982 Canada Dollar specifications

Series
Canada Coinage
Year
1982
Mint mark
None (Philadelphia)
Mintage
Not recorded
Composition
Nickel
Weight
15.509 g
Diameter
32 mm

Why this coin has no mint mark

The 1982 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 1982 Canada Dollar valuable

Documented examples of the 1982 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.

Few series carry the following that supports the 1982 Canada Dollar. Documented Canada coin types preserved in museum collections, with measured specifications for each date, denomination and mint. A coin that thousands of collectors are actively assembling into sets never lacks for a market.

1982 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 1982 Canada Dollar specimens

7 physically measured 1982 Canada Dollar examples in our reference database. Real measured weights and die axes let you authenticate a coin against the 15.509 g, 32 mm minting standard.

Measured 1982 Canada Dollar specimens
SpecimenWeightDiameterDie axisReferences
1982 Canada Dollar #115.393 g32 mm-KM.Canada.120
1982 Canada Dollar #215.398 g32 mm-KM.Canada.120
1982 Canada Dollar #315.174 g32 mm-KM.Canada.120
1982 Canada Dollar #423.462 g36 mm-KM.Canada.133
1982 Canada Dollar #523.43 g36 mm-KM.Canada.133
1982 Canada Dollar #623.488 g36 mm-KM.Canada.133
1982 Canada Dollar #715.509 g32 mm-KM.Canada.134

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