1986 Canada 5 Cent Value
Depending on how well it survived, a 1986 Canada 5 Cent brings anywhere from its melt value to well into four figures. The figures below break the range down grade by grade.
1986 Canada 5 Cent 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 1986 Canada 5 Cent value
The market for the 1986 Canada 5 Cent is driven by condition above all.
1986 Canada 5 Cent specifications
- Series
- Canada Coinage
- Year
- 1986
- Mint mark
- None (Philadelphia)
- Mintage
- Not recorded
- Composition
- Cupronickel
- Weight
- 4.595 g
- Diameter
- 21 mm
Reading a coin with no mint mark
The 1986 Canada 5 Cent 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 1986 Canada 5 Cent valuable
There is history in a 1986 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 1986 Canada 5 Cent in our reference database anchor what we know about this issue. Mintage records are incomplete, so collector demand and surviving population drive its market.
1986 Canada 5 Cent inscriptions & design
Obverse
ELIZABETH II DEI GRATIA REGINA
middle aged crowned and draped bust of the Queen, facing right
Reverse
5 CENTS CANADA
beaver on log, water below
Measured 1986 Canada 5 Cent specimens
4 physically measured 1986 Canada 5 Cent examples in our reference database. Real measured weights and die axes let you authenticate a coin against the 4.595 g, 21 mm minting standard.
| Specimen | Weight | Diameter | Die axis | References |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 Canada 5 Cent #1 | 4.611 g | 21 mm | - | KM.Canada.60.2a |
| 1986 Canada 5 Cent #2 | 4.595 g | 21 mm | - | KM.Canada.60.2a |
| 1986 Canada 5 Cent #3 | 4.574 g | 21 mm | - | KM.Canada.60.2a |
| 1986 Canada 5 Cent #4 | - | - | - | KM.60.2.a |
Specifications compiled from documented museum specimens. See our data & methodology page.