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The mintages for the sovereigns produced at the Ottawa Mint were modest. The total of all Ottawa Mint sovereigns barely equalled the yearly mintage compared to the London, England branch of the Royal Mint and the
Australian branches of the Royal Mint. The Ottawa Mint's highest output for sovereigns
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because some view these pieces as
Canadian while others view them as British and thus distinct from the decimal series of Canadian coinage. Since the opening of the Ottawa Mint, the Dominion of Canada's government wanted to produce decimal gold coins. As it was a branch of the
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The sovereign's value was set at “four dollars and eighty-six cents and two-thirds of a cent” by the
Currency Act of 1910, and made legal tender in Canada along with divisions of the sovereign. One Canadian dollar was therefore worth 15/73 of a sovereign.
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Until the last few years, the 1916 sovereign that was minted in London, England was rare as well, but thousands were released from a
British bank. Another tale is that the 1916 Ottawa Mint sovereigns were lost at sea on its way to England during
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had a “C” mint mark to signify that it was produced in Canada. The sovereigns of 1908 were
Specimen coins only and its tiny mintage was struck merely to establish the series. The production for the circulation of sovereigns began in 1909.
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was in 1911 when it produced 256,946. The rarest Ottawa Mint sovereign is the 1916. Only 50 pieces are known to exist today, and there is no evidence to explain why there is such a low amount in existence.
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Despite not being a denomination of the
Canadian dollar, in 1911 a place for sovereigns was included in cases meant to hold specimen coins, produced by the Ottawa mint.
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Standard Catalogue of Canadian Coins, W.K. Cross, p. 183, The Charlton Press, Toronto, Ontario,
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Standard Catalogue of Canadian Coins, W.K. Cross, p. 182, The Charlton Press, Toronto, Ontario,
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distinguished the Ottawa Mint's production of the sovereigns. All sovereigns produced in
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List of foreign countries with coinage struck at the Royal
Canadian Mint
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The various branch mints produced sovereigns for the Royal Mint. A
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Canadian Numismatic Association medals and awards
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634:Royal Canadian Mint numismatic coins (2000s)
36:. This has augmented debate among Canadian
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1122:Royal Canadian Mint tokens and medallions
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1015:Royal Canadian Numismatic Association
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929:Montreal and Lachine Railroad Tokens
644:Royal Canadian Mint ice hockey coins
469:"Mint and Mint Marks – Ottawa Mint"
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1112:List of people on coins of Canada
649:Royal Canadian Mint Olympic coins
987:Coins of the Newfoundland dollar
229:Designer and Engraver (Reverse)
226:Designer and Engraver (Obverse)
92:Designer and Engraver (Reverse)
89:Designer and Engraver (Obverse)
1107:History of the Canadian dollar
654:Royal Canadian Mint RCMP coins
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881:Early Canadian banking system
1025:Canadian Paper Money Society
924:Magdalen Island penny token
871:Prince Edward Island dollar
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1010:Canadian Bank Note Company
934:Vexator Canadiensis tokens
851:Prince Edward Island pound
55:Sovereign with C mintmark
208:New York Federal Reserve
856:British Columbia dollar
747:Commemorative banknotes
416:.917 gold, .083 copper
390:.917 gold, .083 copper
364:.917 gold, .083 copper
338:.917 gold, .083 copper
312:.917 gold, .083 copper
286:.917 gold, .083 copper
260:.917 gold, .083 copper
177:.917 gold, .083 copper
151:.917 gold, .083 copper
125:.917 gold, .083 copper
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1030:Bank of Canada Museum
819:Historical currencies
689:Ottawa Mint sovereign
603:$ 1 (Voyageur dollar)
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18:Ottawa Mint sovereign
1044:Community currencies
909:Bust and harp tokens
861:New Brunswick dollar
679:Palladium Maple Leaf
413:Benedetto Pistrucci
387:Benedetto Pistrucci
361:Benedetto Pistrucci
335:Benedetto Pistrucci
309:Benedetto Pistrucci
283:Benedetto Pistrucci
257:Benedetto Pistrucci
174:Benedetto Pistrucci
171:George W. DeSaulles
148:Benedetto Pistrucci
145:George W. DeSaulles
1086:Pioneer Bonus Bucks
1071:Canadian Tire money
1035:Royal Canadian Mint
944:Newfoundland dollar
919:Hudson's Bay tokens
876:Newfoundland dollar
866:Nova Scotian dollar
836:New Brunswick pound
757:Chartered banknotes
752:Withdrawn banknotes
674:Platinum Maple Leaf
622:Commemorative coins
210:for the account of
121:Benedetto Pistrucci
116:George W. DeSaulles
83:Date and mint mark
34:Royal Canadian Mint
1080:Salt Spring Island
1076:Salt Spring dollar
846:Nova Scotian pound
841:Newfoundland pound
785:Canadian Landscape
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890:Pre-confederation
669:Silver Maple Leaf
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95:Composition
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904:Bouquet sou
780:1937 series
775:1935 series
583:5¢ (nickel)
419:7.99 grams
393:7.99 grams
367:7.99 grams
341:7.99 grams
315:7.99 grams
289:7.99 grams
263:7.99 grams
204:World War I
180:7.99 grams
154:7.99 grams
128:7.99 grams
588:10¢ (dime)
578:1¢ (penny)
432:References
64:Edward VII
43:Royal Mint
714:Banknotes
558:banknotes
556:Canadian
238:Diameter
101:Diameter
70:mint mark
26:sovereign
1137:Category
810:Vertical
805:Frontier
407:135,889
381:106,516
249:256,946
223:Mintage
193:George V
86:Mintage
1065:Toronto
1055:Calgary
570:Coinage
425:Reeded
399:Reeded
373:Reeded
355:58,845
347:Reeded
321:Reeded
303:14,891
295:Reeded
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235:Weight
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168:28,012
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142:16,273
134:Reeded
98:Weight
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404:1919C
378:1918C
352:1917C
329:6,111
326:1916C
300:1914C
277:3,715
274:1913C
246:1911C
165:1910C
139:1909C
109:1908C
74:Ottawa
30:Ottawa
1095:Other
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732:$ 20
727:$ 10
560:and
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