George V reign and portrait era
George V One Dollar (1911)
This page applies the requested 1911 George V browse lens to the reviewed one dollar design, technical-standard, and annual-production evidence.
Scope is limited to the verified type or program level. Issue mintages, prices, varieties, and survival estimates are not inferred from this summary.
One dollar reign and portrait eras
Know the boundary before the date
Begin with the recorded obverse (George V effigy (Edgar Bertram Mackennal portrait)) and reverse (Denomination-specific design; see the design-family context). Then compare date, denomination, portrait, edge, diameter, weight, composition, and finish; a colour change or worn detail alone is not a reliable attribution.
- Primary identifiers — Reverse: Denomination-specific design; see the design-family context. Obverse: George V effigy (Edgar Bertram Mackennal portrait).
- Authority and dates — Canada; recorded range 1911.
- Evidence boundary — Unknown specifications remain unknown; unverified varieties, mintages, and prices stay outside the public catalog.
The historical scope of George V One Dollar (1911)
The cited sources place this category under Canada and within the chronology shown here. Three trial strikes are catalogued as patterns; this was not a circulation issue. Where a label crosses designs, authorities, metals, or portrait transitions, the page keeps those distinctions visible instead of merging them into one invented type.
The catalog places this record in the One dollar branch, records its material scope as Not established across this complete era, and records its finish as pattern / trial. Those fields are supported by the sources listed below; missing issue-level transitions are not filled by inference.
- 1935 · Voyageur dollar — Emanuel Hahn's canoe design launched Canada's silver dollar.
Design and identification
Begin with the recorded obverse (George V effigy (Edgar Bertram Mackennal portrait)) and reverse (Denomination-specific design; see the design-family context). Then compare date, denomination, portrait, edge, diameter, weight, composition, and finish; a colour change or worn detail alone is not a reliable attribution.
No reviewed design generation intersects this boundary; the catalog does not invent an assignment.
Finish by checking the edge (Not established at this type level), composition (Not established across this complete era), and any recorded dimensions or weight; colour or wear alone is not enough for attribution.
Official annual production
Annual rows are denomination totals filtered to this requested era. They may combine portraits, commemorative reverses, or parallel formats and are not presented as portrait-only production. Three trial strikes are catalogued as patterns; this was not a circulation issue.
Displayed-row sum: Not available · No cited annual rows in this boundary
Three anchors that do not depend on price
- 1911 — The verified range assigned to George V One Dollar (1911) in this catalog.
- Denomination-specific design; see the design-family context — The principal reverse is the first type-level attribution check.
- Not established across this complete era — Compare it with the Not established at this type level edge and any recorded measurements.
Specifications within this type
No reviewed technical standard intersects this boundary; unknown measurements remain unknown.
Official annual production catalog
Annual rows are denomination totals filtered to this requested era. They may combine portraits, commemorative reverses, or parallel formats and are not presented as portrait-only production. Three trial strikes are catalogued as patterns; this was not a circulation issue.
| Year | Design context | Technical standard | Mintage |
|---|---|---|---|
| No cited annual rows fall inside this boundary; this is not a zero-mintage claim. | |||
Collecting paths and checklist
Use the page first as a type or era checklist, then verify each dated issue independently before extending the set. Cleaned surfaces, plated-metal disturbance, patterns, special finishes, and commemorative reverses require separate treatment; catalog context is not an appraisal or investment promise.
- 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
- 1 dollarRoyal Canadian Mint
Large-dollar and Loonie design and technical chronology.
- A Tale of Two Designs: How Canada's 1-dollar Coin Became the LoonieRoyal Canadian Mint
The 1935 silver dollar, planned Voyageur dies, and the 1987 Loonie transition.
- Faces of the MonarchRoyal Canadian Mint
Canadian coin obverse portrait chronology through Charles III.
- The 1911 silver dollarBank of Canada Museum
The Province of Canada decimal introduction, early provincial coinage, and the pattern-only status and surviving strikes of the 1911 dollar.