1990 Canada Dollar Value

A 1990 Canada Dollar is worth roughly its melt value to well into four figures depending on its condition. Certified examples in top grades can run far higher.

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Illustrative rendering. Photographs of this date are being added.

1990 Canada Dollar value by grade

1990 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 1990 Canada Dollar worth today?

Pricing for the 1990 Canada Dollar depends on grade and current collector demand.

1990 Canada Dollar specifications

Series
Canada Coinage
Year
1990
Mint mark
None (Philadelphia)
Mintage
Not recorded
Composition
Silver
Weight
7.103 g
Diameter
27 mm

Why this coin has no mint mark

The 1990 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 collectors pay for in a 1990 Canada Dollar

Documented examples of the 1990 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.

The series itself does some of the lifting for the 1990 Canada Dollar: Documented Canada coin types preserved in museum collections, with measured specifications for each date, denomination and mint. Broad, multigenerational demand for the design gives every date, including this one, a deep and liquid market.

1990 Canada Dollar inscriptions & design

Obverse

ELIZABETH II DEI GRATIA REGINA

old crowned head of the Queen, facing right

Reverse

CANADA DOLLAR

loon swimming right, island with trees behind

Measured 1990 Canada Dollar specimens

6 physically measured 1990 Canada Dollar examples in our reference database. Real measured weights and die axes let you authenticate a coin against the 7.103 g, 27 mm minting standard.

Measured 1990 Canada Dollar specimens
SpecimenWeightDiameterDie axisReferences
1990 Canada Dollar #17.05 g27 mm-KM.Canada.186
1990 Canada Dollar #27.103 g27 mm-KM.Canada.186
1990 Canada Dollar #36.893 g27 mm-KM.Canada.186
1990 Canada Dollar #423.331 g36 mm-KM.Canada.170
1990 Canada Dollar #523.318 g36 mm-KM.Canada.170
1990 Canada Dollar #623.379 g36 mm-KM.Canada.170

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