Wartime Victory V reverse
Victory Five Cents
Victory Five Cents covers 1943–1945 within the five cents denomination. Identify the large v with torch; rim message encoded in morse code reverse before applying the overlapping official technical standards or annual production rows.
Scope is limited to the verified type or program level. Issue mintages, prices, varieties, and survival estimates are not inferred from this summary.
Major five cents types
Know the boundary before the date
Begin with the Large V with torch; rim message encoded in Morse code reverse, then confirm the George VI portrait obverse. Compare date, portrait, denomination, plain edge, dimensions, weight, and metal response together. Wear, cleaning, plating disturbance, or environmental colour is not, by itself, evidence of a new type or variety.
- Primary identifiers — Reverse: Large V with torch; rim message encoded in Morse code. Obverse: George VI portrait.
- Authority and dates — Canada; recorded range 1943–1945.
- Evidence boundary — Unknown specifications remain unknown; unverified varieties, mintages, and prices stay outside the public catalog.
The historical scope of Victory Five Cents
The cited evidence records Canada as the issuing authority and 1943–1945 as this type or program boundary. It belongs to the Five cents branch and is classified by authority, principal design, and documented physical generations. A narrower subtype should be added only when measurements, composition, or design evidence supports the split.
The catalog places this record in the Five cents branch, records its material scope as wartime metal generations, and records its finish as circulation. Those fields are supported by the sources listed below; missing issue-level transitions are not filled by inference.
- 1943–1945 · Victory coin — Thomas Shingles paired a large V and torch with a Morse-code rim message.
Design and identification
Begin with the Large V with torch; rim message encoded in Morse code reverse, then confirm the George VI portrait obverse. Compare date, portrait, denomination, plain edge, dimensions, weight, and metal response together. Wear, cleaning, plating disturbance, or environmental colour is not, by itself, evidence of a new type or variety.
- Victory Five Cents · 1943–1945 · Thomas Shingles — Large V with torch; rim message encoded in Morse code. Wartime Victory V reverse.
Finish by checking the edge (plain), composition (wartime metal generations), and any recorded dimensions or weight; colour or wear alone is not enough for attribution.
Official annual production
This page filters the published 1943–1945 annual rows to the Victory Five Cents type boundary. Special reverses or parallel issues can be included in denomination-level annual totals; an unsplit total is not represented as design-only production.
Displayed-row sum: 55,186,256 · 3 official annual rows
Three anchors that do not depend on price
- Victory coin — Thomas Shingles paired a large V and torch with a Morse-code rim message.
Specifications within this type
1942 – 1943 · Round or 12-sided; see design chronology
- Composition
- 88% copper, 12% zinc (tombac)
- Weight
- 4.54 g
- Diameter
- 21.21 mm
- Thickness
- 1.7 mm
1944 – 1945 · Round or 12-sided; see design chronology
- Composition
- chrome plated steel
- Weight
- 4.54 g
- Diameter
- 21.21 mm
- Thickness
- 1.7 mm
Official annual production catalog
This page filters the published 1943–1945 annual rows to the Victory Five Cents type boundary. Special reverses or parallel issues can be included in denomination-level annual totals; an unsplit total is not represented as design-only production.
| Year | Design context | Technical standard | Mintage |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1943 | Victory V | 21.21 mm · 4.54 g | 24,760,256 |
| 1944 | Victory V | 21.21 mm · 4.54 g | 11,532,784 |
| 1945 | Victory V | 21.21 mm · 4.54 g | 18,893,216 |
Collecting paths and checklist
A useful first set represents the design and technical boundaries documented across 1943–1945; portrait, composition, or program generations can follow when their evidence is secure. Issue mintages, rarity labels, variety names, prices, and survivor estimates require separate verification and are not inferred from this type summary.
- One-coin type study — Choose one representative that clearly shows the principal obverse and reverse, then learn the type boundary.
- Design and technical generations — Add a generation only when sources confirm a change in composition, shape, size, edge, or principal design.
- Source-backed date study — Expand into dates or varieties only after issue identity, specifications, and production evidence are verified field by field.
Collector checklist
- Do not clean the coin; cleaning changes surfaces and can obscure evidence.
- Compare date, portrait, design, edge, weight, diameter, and metal response together.
- Have consequential or high-value attributions reviewed by an appropriate specialist or certification service.
- Catalog information is research context, not an appraisal, offer, or investment guarantee.
Data scope
This page publishes reviewed denomination- and major-type-level evidence. Years not published by the Mint remain unknown, zero appears only when the source reports zero, and prices or survivor estimates are not inferred from production.
Sources
- 5 centsRoyal Canadian Mint
Five-cent design and composition chronology, including Victory and nickel-discovery issues.
- A History of the Canadian DollarBank of Canada
Decimal adoption, 1858 coinage, 1870 Dominion coinage, provincial issues, Newfoundland, and mint history.