The Canadian 25 Cent Coin - The Canadian Quarter

The first Canadian twenty-five cent coin was minted in 1870. It's monetary value was one quarter of a dollar and it came to be commonly referred to as a "quarter". This first 25 cent coins were made from silver, and had England's reigning Queen Victoria on one side, and the image of crossed maple boughs on the flip side.

In 1937 an image of a caribou, designed by Emanuel Hahn replaced the twin maple boughs, and other than for a few special edition coin years, the caribou is the image that generally appears on most of the Canadian 25 cent quarters.

A bobcat was featured on the 1967 Canadian 25 cent Centennial coin.

To celebrate the 100th anniversary of the R.C.M.P within Canada an image of a Canadian Mountie appears on the Canadian quarters minted in 1973. Unknown to many people is the fact that there were actually two separate coins that were minted during this year.

During the 1973 year the Queen's image was redone, and a smaller bust of her introduced onto the face of the Canadian coins. There were very few of the older image, or larger bust created that year, and these Canadian 25 cent coins are quite valuable.

Check your 1973 RCMP quarters to see if your 25 cent coin is a rare one. You can do this by comparing the face side of your Canadian 1973 quarter with other quarters made in previous years. The 1973 quarters that have the original image of the Queen from previous years are the more valuable of the two Canadian coins.

May 2, 2011 The Royal Canadian Mint launched a line of Canadian Royal Wedding Coins to celebrate the marriage of Prince William of Wales and Catherine Middleton.

There will be a colored Royal Wedding Coin featuring Prince William of Wales and Catherine Middleton in full color. Unfortunately sold out is the beautiful $20 Fine Silver Coin of Prince William of Wales and Miss Catherine Middleton. This unique coin featuring a glittering sapphire Swarovski element.

Drop by the Royal Canadian Mint website to view these collectible coins: Royal Canadian Mint.

To celebrate the 125th anniversary of Canada's confederation twelve distinct images were created and displayed on Canada's quarters pressed that year.

The quarters minted in 1992 were designed to pay tribute to each of Canada's provinces and territories. There was a separate minting of twelve distinct 25 cent coin designs, each quarter's design distinct for one area of Canada, and the group compiling into a twelve piece Canadian coin set. The least minted coin, or rarest 25 cent coin of this special 12 quarter set, was the quarter featuring the province of New Brunswick.

For the years 1999 and 2000 special Millenium Edition Canadian quarter coin sets were once again minted. This time the twelve distinct designs displayed on the twenty-five cent coins featured messages of hope for the New Millenium. The 1999 Canadian 25 cent coins featured images which represented the twelve months of the year. Each of the twelve distinct Canada quarters displayed a month and a design relevant to that month. Canadian quarters minted in 2000 offered a message of hope for the new millenium. The messages on the Canadian quarter for 2000 were: creativity, freedom, community, wisdom, family, celebration, pride, health, natural legacy, harmony, achievement and ingenuity. These Canada 25 cent coins are referred to as the Millenium Edition Quarters.

A major oooooops! In 1999 some of the quarters printed depicting September and November were printed without a coin value. Keep an eye out for these rare Canadian quarters.

With the rising cost of precious metals it became too expensive to maintain the use of silver in Canada's coins. So In 1968 the metal used in Canadian twenty-five cent coin became a fifty - fifty combination of a silver and copper blend. That same year the Canadian 25 cent piece was changed again to being minted from a 99.9% nickel base. For the year 1968 there are two quarters. One is silver and the other Canada 25 cent coin is nickel.

The Canadian quarter changed again in 2000 to a coin made of 94 percent steel, 3.8 percent copper, and 2.2 percent nickel plating. This is the same metal composition used for the minting of Canadian quarters today.

In 2004 Canada was given the prestigious honor of being the first country to produce a multi colored coin. The Canadian quarter in 2004 has a vivid red poppy on it. Since then other colored Canadian 25 cent coins have been introduced featuring multi colored surfaces including twenty-five cent quarter in 2006 displaying the pink cancer ribbon.

England's current monarch appears on each of Canada's quarters.

1902 and 1910 it is the image of Edward Vll
1911 to 1936 it is the image of George V
1937 to 1952 it is George V1
1953 to present day it is Queen Elizabeth.

Queen Elizabeth's image has been revised a few times so that there are four different images of her that appear on Canadian coins.

One more of many interesting facts about the Canadian 25 cent coin is that you will not find any for the years 1922, 1923, 1924, 1925, 1926, 1997 and 1998 as no Canadian quarters were minted in those years.

Every now and then certain coins become more than just the currency that they represent. This is obvious to the collectors who carefully seek out and save their special coins. Some are proudly displayed or showcased, while others are hidden away within tin boxes or old mason jars, all are just as carefully sought out and saved.

Most often these collections are comprised of rare or unusual coins,but every now and then, coins are collected for another much more personal reason. There are lucky pennies, those small copper coins that are found in a playground or while walking along the street, and that are known to represent good luck. There are coins which when tossed into a wishing well magically transform themselves into wishes.

Which just goes to prove that sometimes currency really is more than just money.

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