A VF-20 example can fetch $250, while VF-30’s and EF-40s can sell for $500 and $900 respectively. There seem to be very few of the coins around, but they do show up at auctions from time to time. For a coin investor, I think the key is to pick up a nice mid-grade circulated example. Of course, those are the two pricing extremes. The occasional MS-64 is the highest graded and auction prices range from $10,000 to $14,000. High end examples appear from time to time at auctions with mint-state 63 examples ranging from $5,000-$8,000. Most of the surviving examples are of very poor quality and grade in the “good to very good” range and sell for around $50-$100. Charlton lists the mintage at just over 242,000 pieces and very few have survived to this day. The 1915 George V Canadian quarter is the scarcest date of the entire George V collection. 1915 George V Quarter Image courtesy of the Canadian Numismatic Company Low end examples sell for around $1,000, while the highest graded has sold for over $50k at auction. Very few of these coins exist today, and many of them are in extremely low grades of Fair and Good. The design changed in 1906, but a small number were struck using an old die that was used from 1902-1905. The difference has to do with the crown at the top of the coin on the reverse side. In fact, the existence of the Small Crown variety was only discovered in the 1980s. It’s tough to tell the difference between the Small Crown and Large Crown varieties. It’s believed that about 100 coins were made before the mint realized that it used the wrong reverse die. This is perhaps the rarest of rare Canadian Quarters. 1906 Small Crown Edward VII Quarter Image courtesy of Heritage Auctions Given the number of mid and high grade examples I’ve seen, I’d say that 1893s survived in larger numbers than the 1875H or 1889. Low grade examples sell for about a few hundred dollars, while high end mint state examples fetch a few thousand. 1893 Quarter Queen Victoria Image courtesy of Īnother low mintage Victorian Quarter is the 1893 with a mintage of about 100,000. Mint state examples will cost significantly more, running into the tens of thousands of dollars. In low grades the coin can fetch a couple hundred bucks, but prices quickly rise to the $1,000s if you’re lucky enough to find a nice mid-grade example. It’s tough to find examples in mid-grades and I’ve only ever seen one mint state example (MS-63). 1889 Quarter Queen Victoria Image courtesy of Īs I mentioned above the 1889 Quarter is the lowest mintage Victorian Quarter (66,340 pieces were struck). Definitely a must have for any serious Quarter collector. After all, the 1889 Quarter discussed below was the lowest mintage Victorian Quarter, yet they don’t really compare to the 1875H in terms of rarity.Īnyway, this quarter sells for about $500-$1,000 in low grades and tens of thousands in mint state. Given that it’s the rarest Victorian Quarter I have my doubts about that number. This coin is the “Queen of Canadian Quarters.” Charlton has listed the mintage for 1875H Quarters at 1 million coins minted. So here is the list: Rare Canadian Quarters 1875 H Quarter Queen Victoria Image courtesy of Each quarter featured here is the rarest quarter found in that decade. To showcase the diversity of Canada’s coin heritage for its upcoming 150 th birthday in 2017, I’ve decided to present a list of rare Canadian Quarters by decade. Given that I’ve already written an article on rare Victorian Quarters, I thought I’d take a different approach here. I must admit though, that one of the difficulties that immediately presents itself here, has to do with organizing a list of valuable and rare Canadian quarters.įor instance, if I presented a simple top 10 list of rare Canadian quarters, then nearly every coin on the list would be Victorian quarters that pre-date 1900. Quarters are my favorite denomination to collect. Welcome to my post on the most valuable and rare Canadian quarters.
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