Quarter (Canadian coin)
The quarter is a Canadian coin, valued at 25 cents or one-fourth of a Canadian dollar. It is a small, circular coin of silver colour. According to the Royal Canadian Mint, the official name for the coin is the 25-cent piece, but in practice and from American influence, it is usually called a quarter.
Current Canadian Quarter Composition
Years: 2000–present
Mass: 4.40 g
Diameter: 23.88 mm
Composition:
94.0% steel (unspecified alloy),
3.8% copper, 2.2% nickel plating
History of Composition
Years Mass Diameter/Shape Composition
1968–1999 5.05 g 23.88 mm 99.9% nickel
1967-1968 5.83 g 23.88 mm 50% silver, 50% copper
1953–1967 5.83 g 23.88 mm 80% silver, 20% copper
1920–1952 5.83 g 23.62 mm 80% silver, 20% copper
1910–1919 5.83 g 23.62 mm 92.5% silver, 7.5% copper
1908–1910 5.81 g 23.62 mm 92.5% silver, 7.5% copper
REF
Category Name
Canada - Twenty-Five Cent
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Canada - Twenty-Five Cent Coin Types
YEARS | Coin Type Name |
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1953-1964 | 1953-1964 - Elizabeth II - Silver Quarter |
1968-1978 | 1968-1978 - Elizabeth II - Canadian Quarter |
1979-1989 | 1979-1989 - Elizabeth II - Canadian Quarter |
1999-2000 | 1999-2000 - Elizabeth II - Millennium Quarter |
2005 | 2005 - Year of the Veteran Commemorative |
2007-2010 | 2007-2010 - Elizabeth II - Vancouver Olympic Games |
2010 | 2010 - Elizabeth II - WWII Remembrance Quarter |
2011 | 2011 Legendary Nature Quarter |
2012-2013 | 2012-2013 - Elizabeth II - War of 1812 Bicentennial |
2013 | 2013 - Elizabeth II - Canadian Arctic Expedition |
Canada - Twenty-Five Cent Coins
69
Example Coins Found...
YEAR | IMG | COIN NAME | COIN GRADE |
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1953 |
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Canadian Quarter - Small Date SS SF | OFCC:UNGRADED |
1957 |
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Canadian Quarter | OFCC:UNGRADED |
1961 |
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Canadian Quarter RCM | RCM:Uncirculated |
1962 |
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Canadian Quarter | OFCC:UNGRADED |
1962 |
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Canadian Quarter RCM | RCM:Uncirculated |
1963 |
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Canadian Quarter RCM | RCM:Uncirculated |
1964 |
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Canadian Quarter RCM | RCM:Uncirculated |
1968 |
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Canadian 25 Cents RCM | RCM:Uncirculated |
1968 |
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Canadian Quarter | OFCC:UNGRADED |
1969 |
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Canadian 25 Cents RCM | RCM:Uncirculated |
1969 |
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Canadian Quarter | OFCC:UNGRADED |
1969 |
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Canadian Quarter | OFCC:UNGRADED |
1970 |
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Canadian 25 Cents RCM | OFCC:Uncirculated |
1971 |
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Canadian Quarter | OFCC:UNGRADED |
1972 |
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Canadian Quarter | OFCC:UNGRADED |
1973 |
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Canadian Quarter | RCM:PROOF |
1974 |
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Canadian Quarter | OFCC:UNGRADED |
1974 |
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Canadian Quarter | OFCC:UNGRADED |
1974 |
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Canadina Quarter | RCM:Uncirculated |
1975 |
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Canadian Quarter | OFCC:UNGRADED |
1975 |
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Canadian Quarter | OFCC:UNGRADED |
1975 |
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RCM Canadian Quarter | RCM:Uncirculated |
1976 |
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Canadian Quarter | OFCC:UNGRADED |
1977 |
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Canadian Quarter | OFCC:UNGRADED |
1978 |
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Canadian Quarter | OFCC:UNGRADED |
1978 | Canadian Quarter - Denticles | OFCC:UNGRADED | |
1978 |
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Canadian Quarter - Small Denticles | OFCC:UNGRADED |
1979 |
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Canadian Quarter | OFCC:UNGRADED |
1980 |
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Canadian Quarter - Far Beads | OFCC:UNGRADED |
1981 |
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Canadian Quarter | OFCC:UNGRADED |
1981 |
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Canadian Quarter | OFCC:UNGRADED |
1982 |
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Canadian Quarter | OFCC:UNGRADED |
1984 |
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Canadian Quarter | OFCC:UNGRADED |
1985 |
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Canadian Quarter | OFCC:UNGRADED |
1986 |
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Canadian Quarter | OFCC:UNGRADED |
1995 |
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Canadian Quarter | OFCC:UNGRADED |
1999 |
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Millennium - April | OFCC:Uncirculated |
1999 |
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Millennium - August | OFCC:Uncirculated |
1999 |
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Millennium - December | OFCC:Uncirculated |
1999 |
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Millennium - February | OFCC:Uncirculated |
1999 |
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Millennium - January | OFCC:Uncirculated |
1999 |
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Millennium - July | OFCC:Uncirculated |
1999 |
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Millennium - June | OFCC:Uncirculated |
1999 |
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Millennium - March | OFCC:Uncirculated |
1999 |
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Millennium - May | OFCC:Uncirculated |
1999 |
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Millennium - November | OFCC:Uncirculated |
1999 |
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Millennium - October | OFCC:Uncirculated |
1999 |
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Millennium - September | OFCC:Uncirculated |
1999 |
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Millennium - September | OFCC:UNGRADED |
2005 P |
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Year of the Veteran Quarter | NGC:MS 66 |
2007 |
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Wheelchair Curling | NGC:MS 67 |
2010 |
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Remembrance Day | OFCC:UNGRADED |
2010 |
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Remembrance Day | OFCC:UNGRADED |
2010 |
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Remembrance - Die Chip D | OFCC:UNGRADED |
2010 |
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Remembrance - Die Chip D | OFCC:UNGRADED |
2010 |
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Remembrance - Die Chip D | OFCC:UNGRADED |
2011 |
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Peregrine Falcon Colorized | NGC:GEM UNCIRCULATED |
2011 |
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Peregrine Falcon Quarter | NGC:GEM UNCIRCULATED |
2011 |
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Peregrine Falcon Quarter | NGC:GEM UNCIRCULATED |
2011 |
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Wood bison Quarter | NGC:GEM UNCIRCULATED |
2011 |
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Wood bison Quarter - Colorized | NGC:GEM UNCIRCULATED |
2012 |
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Tecumseh - Colorized | OFCC:UNGRADED |
2013 |
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Arctic Expedition - Frosted | RCM:Uncirculated |
2013 |
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Explorers - FROSTED | NGC:MS 66 |
2013 |
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Laura Second | NGC:MS 66 |
2013 |
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Laura Second - Colorized | NGC:MS 66 |
2013 |
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Laura Second Quarter | OFCC:UNGRADED |
2013 |
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Life in The North - Frosted | NGC:MS 66 |
2013 |
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LIFE IN THE NORTH - FROSTED | NGC:MS 66 |
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Canada - Twenty-Five Cent Category Description