Coins of 
Canada
English/French: Canada 

100 cents (single: cent) = 1 Canadian dollar (plural: dollars) [CAD]
Symbol: $, C$, CAD$ (dollar), ¢ (cent)

Languages on coins: English
Alphabets on coins: Latin
Numerals on coins: Western Arabic
Calendars on coins: Gregorian

Mint Marks

Heaton mint, Birmingham (GBR): "H"

Royal Canadian Mint, Ottawa (CAN): Crowned "M" in circle

Designer Marks

Germaine Arnaktauyok (Inuk territory): "GA"

Brian R. Bacon (?): "BRB"

Wade Stephen Baker (?): "WB"

Maurade Baynton (CAN): "MB"

Claudia Bertrand (?): "CB"

Geneviève Bertrand (CAN): "GB"

Yves Bérubé (CAN): "YB"

Tony Bianco (CAN): "TB"

Susanna Blunt (CAN): "SB"

Alzira Botelho (?): "AB"

Ardell Bourgeois (CAN): "AB"

Patrick Brindley (?): "B"

Romualdus Bukauskas (?): "RB"

Paul Cedarberg (?): "P C"

Harvey Chan (HKG): "HC"

Brian E. Cobb (?): "BEC"

Julius Csotonyi (HUN): "JC"

Sylvie Daigneault (CAN): "SD"

Emily S. Damstra (CAN): "ED"

Claudio D'Angelo (?): "CD"

Haver Demirer (?): "HD"

Daryl Ann Dorosz (?): "DD"

Carla Herrera Egan (?): "CHE"

Maurice Gervais ​(?): "MG"

Mary Gillick (CAN): "M ·G ·"

Elaine Gobel (?): "EG"

Celia Godkin (GBR): "CG"

Michelle Grant (CAN): "MG"

Glen Green (CAN): "GG"

Jean-Luc Grondin (?): superimposed "JLG"

Emanuel Hahn (DEU): "H" or "EH"

Steve Hepburn (?): "SH"

Gordon Ho (?): "GH"

Muriel E. Hope (?): "MEH"

Eric (Kong Tat) Hui (?): "EH"

John Jaciw (?): "JJ"

Joel Kimmel (?): "JK"

George Edward Kruger-Gray (GBR): "K•G" or split "K" and "G"

Ronald Lambert (?): "RL"

Marjolaine Lavoie (?): "ML"

Jean-Guy Lebel (?): "JGL"

Pierre Leduc (CAN): "PL"

Andrew Lewis (GBR): "A"

Glen Loates (CAN): "GL" in monogram or horizontally

Terry Manning (?): "TM"

John Mantha (CAN): "JM"

John Mardon (CAN): "JM"

Beth McEachen (?): "BM"

Sergiy Minenok (?): "SM"

Calder Moore (?): "CM"

Christopher Newhook (?): "CN"

Simon Ng (?): "SN"

Arnold Nogy (CAN): "AN"

Walter Ott (?): "WO" or monogram of "WO"

Laura Paxton (?): "LP"

Paul Pederson (?): "PP"

Peter Ka-Kin Poon (?): "PP"

Jan Poynter (?): "JP"

J. L. Pierre Provencher (?): "JLPP"

Dino Pulerà (?): "DP"

James Edward Read (?): "JER"

Bonnie Ross (CAN): "BR"

Ken Ryan (?): "KR"

Cosme Saffioti (?): "CS" widely spaced

Greg Salmela (?): "GS"

Paulette Sapergia (?): stylized "PS."

Maria H. Sarkany (?): "MHS"

Cezar Serbanescu (?): "CS" narrow spaced

Thomas Shingles (GBR): "T.S.", "T.S" or "T S"

Jason Sikoak (?): "JS"

Lonnie Springer (?): "LS"

Raymond Taylor (?): "RT"

Susan Taylor (?): "ST"

Michelle Thibodeau (?): "MT"

Brent Townsend (CAN): "BT"

Randy Trantau (?): "RT"

Stephen Trenka (?): superimposed "ST"

Kathy Vinish (?): "KV"

Dinko Vodanovic (YUCS): "D.V."

Donald F. Warkentin (?): "DFW"

Amy Wassef (?): "AW"

April White (Haida): "AW"

Stan Witten (CAN): "SW"

Bruce Wood (?): "BW"

William Woodward (?): "WW"

Leonard Charles Wyon (GBR): "L.C.W."

National identification and other marks

Coat of arms

The Royal Coat of Arms of Canada used from 1921-1957 are surmounted by the Royal Crown of the Tudors. The escutcheon is decorated with 5 sectinos. The upper right shows three lions (symbolizing England), the upper left shows a rampant lion in a double tressure border with fleurs-de-lis (symbol of Scotland). In the second row, the right section shows an Irish harp and the left section shows three fleurs-de-lis (for France). The bottom section depicts three maple leaves, a true symbol of Canada. The supporters are an English lion and a Scottish unicorn. The lion holds a British flag. The unicorn holds a flag of Royal France (three fleurs-de-lis) and wears a broken chain, symbolizing the resistance against oppression. Below a banner holds the motto: "A MARI USQUE AD MARE", meaning 'From Sea to Sea'.
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Photograph of the coat of arms of Canada as it appears on coins (without motto)
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Photograph of the coat of arms of Canada as it appears on coins (with motto)
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Drawing of the coat of arms of Canada as it appears on coins

Latin abbreviated inscriptions

EDWARDVS VII DEI GRATIA REX IMPERATOR
Latin: Edward VII Dei Gratia Rex Imperator
English: Edward VII, by the Grace of God, King and Emperor
ELIZABETH II D · G · REGINA 
Latin: Elizabeth II Dei Gratia Regina
English: Elizabeth II, by the Grace of God, Queen
ELIZABETH II DEI GRATIA REGINA 
Latin: Elizabeth II Dei Gratia Regina
English: Elizabeth II, by the Grace of God, Queen
GEORGIVS V DEI GRA: REX ET IND:IMP:
Latin: Georgius V Dei Gratia Rex et Indiae Imperator
English: George V, by the Grace of God, King and Emperor of India
GEORGIVS V REX ET IND:IMP:
Latin: Georgius V Rex et Indiae Imperator
English: George V, King and Emperor of India
GEORGIVS VI DEI GRATIA REX
Latin: Georgius VI Dei Gratia Rex
English: George VI, by the Grace of God, King
GEORGIVS VI D : G : REX ET IND : IMP :
Latin: Georgius VI, Dei Gratia, Rex et Indiae Imperator
English: George VI, by the Grace of God, King and Emperor of India
GEORGIVS VI DEI GRATIA REX
Latin: Georgius VI, Dei Gratia, Rex
English: George VI, by the Grace of God, King
VICTORIA DEI GRATIA REGINA
Latin: Victoria Dei Gratia Regina
English: Victoria, by the Grace of God, Queen

Other marks

Compositionmark: "P"

The capital "P" was used on Canadian coins to signify which coins were plated and which were not (without mark). Other coins were struck out of one metal or composition. The P-marked coins were plated with copper (cents) or nickel (dimes). Supposedly, the mark was requested by the vending machine industry so people could tell which coins they could use in a machine.

Maple leaf

On coins dated 1947 a small maple leaf can be found just after the "7" of the date. Due to the independence of India the term "ET IND IMP" was obsolete. Because it took too long for the new adjusted dies to arrive from England, the mint decided to place a mark after the year to signify that the coin was actually minted in 1948 instead of 1947.

Fireworks with "2000" in oval

In 2000 the Mint issued 5 dollar maple leaf bullion coins. All of these coins bore this privy mark, while normally, only a fraction of the minted coins were marked.

Tower of Pisa in circle

In 2012 the Royal Canadian Mint issued some Maple Leaf coins with this so-called privy mark. The coins bearing this mark were only sold in Europe.