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1890 H Canada Silver Five Cents Coin 5c Canadian Circulated Victoria
1890 H Canada Silver Five Cents Coin 5c Canadian Circulated Victoria

1890 H Canada Silver Five Cents Coin 5c Canadian Circulated Victoria

$ 6.83

Availability: 88 in stock
  • Circulated/Uncirculated: Circulated
  • Condition: Circulated
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: Canada
  • Composition: Silver
  • KM Number: 2
  • Denomination: 5C
  • Certification: Uncertified
  • Grade: Ungraded
  • Year: 1890
  • Modified Item: No

    Description

    1890 H Canada Silver Five Cents coin
    5c Canadian coin
    We grade this coin as circulated, but please decide for yourself
    The coin pictured is the coin you will receive
    KM #2
    Composition: Silver
    Fineness: 0.9250
    Weight: 1.1620g
    ASW: 0.0346oz
    Obverse: Head left
    Obverse Legend: VICTORIA DEI GRATIA REGINA. CANADA
    Reverse: Denomination and date within wreath, crown above
    Ruler: Victoria
    The Canadian Five cent coin, commonly called a nickel, is a coin worth five cents or one-twentieth of a Canadian dollar.
    The denomination (i.e., the Canadian five cent piece) had been introduced in 1858 as a small, thin sterling silver coin, that was colloquially known as a "fish scale", not a nickel. The larger base metal version made of nickel, and called a "nickel", was introduced as a Canadian coin in 1922, originally as a 99.9% nickel metal. These coins were magnetic, due to the high nickel content. Versions during World War II were minted in copper-zinc, then chrome and nickel-plated steel, and finally returned again to nickel, at the end of the war.