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Bluenose schooner family

Bluenose Ten Cents

Bluenose Ten Cents covers 1937–present within the ten cents denomination. Identify the schooner under sail, identified by the mint as bluenose 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.

Bluenose Ten Cents obverseBluenose Ten Cents reverse
Representative 1989 obverse/reverse catalog pair for Bluenose Ten Cents; an identification aid, not a grading photograph. Coins and Canada / Numicanada; catalog cleanup by World Coin Book
1Design generations
85Annual rows
5Technical standards
3Cited sources

Major ten cents types

Crossed Maple Boughs Ten Cents · 1858–1936Bluenose Ten Cents · 1937–present

Know the boundary before the date

Begin with the Schooner under sail, identified by the Mint as Bluenose reverse, then confirm the Reigning monarch portrait obverse. Compare date, portrait, denomination, reeded 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: Schooner under sail, identified by the Mint as Bluenose. Obverse: Reigning monarch portrait.
  • Authority and dates — Canada; recorded range 1937–present.
  • Evidence boundary — Unknown specifications remain unknown; unverified varieties, mintages, and prices stay outside the public catalog.

The historical scope of Bluenose Ten Cents

The cited evidence records Canada as the issuing authority and 1937–present as this type or program boundary. It belongs to the Ten 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 Ten cents branch, records its material scope as silver, nickel, and plated-steel 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.

  1. 1937 · Bluenose — Emanuel Hahn's schooner reverse modernized the denomination.
  2. 1967 · Centennial mackerel — Alex Colville's mackerel replaced Bluenose for one year.
  3. 1968 · Nickel generation — Nickel replaced the silver circulation standard.
  4. 2000 · Plated steel — A lighter plated-steel standard entered circulation.
  5. 2001 · Volunteer reverse — A special reverse honoured the International Year of the Volunteer.
  6. 2017 · Wings of Peace — Amy Choi's Canada 150 design replaced the regular reverse.

Design and identification

Begin with the Schooner under sail, identified by the Mint as Bluenose reverse, then confirm the Reigning monarch portrait obverse. Compare date, portrait, denomination, reeded 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.

  • Bluenose Ten Cents · 1937–present · Emanuel Hahn — Schooner under sail, identified by the Mint as Bluenose. Bluenose schooner family.

Finish by checking the edge (reeded), composition (silver, nickel, and plated-steel generations), and any recorded dimensions or weight; colour or wear alone is not enough for attribution.

Official annual production

This page filters the published 1937–2024 annual rows to the Bluenose Ten 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: 10,294,647,244 · 85 official annual rows

Three anchors that do not depend on price

  • Bluenose — Emanuel Hahn's schooner reverse modernized the denomination.
  • Centennial mackerel — Alex Colville's mackerel replaced Bluenose for one year.
  • Nickel generation — Nickel replaced the silver circulation standard.
  • Plated steel — A lighter plated-steel standard entered circulation.
  • Volunteer reverse — A special reverse honoured the International Year of the Volunteer.
  • Wings of Peace — Amy Choi's Canada 150 design replaced the regular reverse.

Specifications within this type

1920 – 1967 · Round

Composition
80% silver, 20% copper
Weight
2.33 g
Diameter
18.034 mm
Thickness
Not stated

1968 – 1977 · Round

Composition
99.9% nickel
Weight
2.07 g
Diameter
18.034 mm
Thickness
1.16 mm

1978 · Round

Composition
99.9% nickel
Weight
2.07 g
Diameter
18.03 mm
Thickness
1.19 mm

1979 – 1999 · Round

Composition
99.9% nickel
Weight
2.07 g
Diameter
18.03 mm
Thickness
1.22 mm

2000 – present · Round

Composition
92% steel, 5.5% copper, 2.5% nickel
Weight
1.75 g
Diameter
18.03 mm
Thickness
1.22 mm

Official annual production catalog

This page filters the published 1937–2024 annual rows to the Bluenose Ten 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.

YearDesign contextTechnical standardMintage
1937Bluenose schooner family18.034 mm · 2.33 g2,500,095
1938Bluenose schooner family18.034 mm · 2.33 g4,197,323
1939Bluenose schooner family18.034 mm · 2.33 g5,501,748
1940Bluenose schooner family18.034 mm · 2.33 g16,526,470
1941Bluenose schooner family18.034 mm · 2.33 g8,716,386
1942Bluenose schooner family18.034 mm · 2.33 g10,214,011
1943Bluenose schooner family18.034 mm · 2.33 g21,143,229
1944Bluenose schooner family18.034 mm · 2.33 g9,383,582
1945Bluenose schooner family18.034 mm · 2.33 g10,979,570
1946Bluenose schooner family18.034 mm · 2.33 g6,300,066
1947Bluenose schooner family18.034 mm · 2.33 g14,070,719
1948Bluenose schooner family18.034 mm · 2.33 g422,741
1949Bluenose schooner family18.034 mm · 2.33 g11,336,172
1950Bluenose schooner family18.034 mm · 2.33 g17,823,075
1951Bluenose schooner family18.034 mm · 2.33 g15,079,265
1952Bluenose schooner family18.034 mm · 2.33 g10,474,455
1953Bluenose schooner family18.034 mm · 2.33 g17,706,395
1954Bluenose schooner family18.034 mm · 2.33 g4,493,150
1955Bluenose schooner family18.034 mm · 2.33 g12,237,294
1956Bluenose schooner family18.034 mm · 2.33 g16,732,844
1957Bluenose schooner family18.034 mm · 2.33 g16,110,229
1958Bluenose schooner family18.034 mm · 2.33 g10,621,236
1959Bluenose schooner family18.034 mm · 2.33 g19,691,433
1960Bluenose schooner family18.034 mm · 2.33 g45,446,835
1961Bluenose schooner family18.034 mm · 2.33 g26,850,859
1962Bluenose schooner family18.034 mm · 2.33 g41,864,335
1963Bluenose schooner family18.034 mm · 2.33 g41,916,208
1964Bluenose schooner family18.034 mm · 2.33 g49,518,549
1965Bluenose schooner family18.034 mm · 2.33 g55,965,392
1966Bluenose schooner family18.034 mm · 2.33 g34,330,199
1968Bluenose schooner family18.034 mm · 2.07 g235,042,930
1969Bluenose schooner family18.034 mm · 2.07 g55,833,929
1970Bluenose schooner family18.034 mm · 2.07 g5,249,296
1971Bluenose schooner family18.034 mm · 2.07 g41,106,968
1972Bluenose schooner family18.034 mm · 2.07 g60,169,387
1973Bluenose schooner family18.034 mm · 2.07 g167,715,435
1974Bluenose schooner family18.034 mm · 2.07 g210,566,565
1975Bluenose schooner family18.034 mm · 2.07 g207,680,000
1976Bluenose schooner family18.034 mm · 2.07 g94,724,000
1977Bluenose schooner family18.034 mm · 2.07 g128,056,000
1978Bluenose schooner family18.03 mm · 2.07 g170,366,431
1979Bluenose schooner family18.03 mm · 2.07 g236,910,479
1980Bluenose schooner family18.03 mm · 2.07 g169,910,479
1981Bluenose schooner family18.03 mm · 2.07 g123,912,900
1982Bluenose schooner family18.03 mm · 2.07 g93,960,898
1983Bluenose schooner family18.03 mm · 2.07 g111,501,710
1984Bluenose schooner family18.03 mm · 2.07 g119,080,000
1985Bluenose schooner family18.03 mm · 2.07 g142,800,000
1986Bluenose schooner family18.03 mm · 2.07 g168,620,000
1987Bluenose schooner family18.03 mm · 2.07 g147,309,000
1988Bluenose schooner family18.03 mm · 2.07 g162,998,558
1989Bluenose schooner family18.03 mm · 2.07 g198,693,414
1990Bluenose schooner family18.03 mm · 2.07 g65,023,000
1991Bluenose schooner family18.03 mm · 2.07 g50,397,000
1992Bluenose schooner family18.03 mm · 2.07 g174,476,000
1993Bluenose schooner family18.03 mm · 2.07 g135,569,000
1994Bluenose schooner family18.03 mm · 2.07 g145,800,000
1995Bluenose schooner family18.03 mm · 2.07 g123,875,000
1996Bluenose schooner family18.03 mm · 2.07 g51,814,000
1997Bluenose schooner family18.03 mm · 2.07 g43,126,000
1998Bluenose schooner family18.03 mm · 2.07 g203,514,000
1999Bluenose schooner family18.03 mm · 2.07 g258,462,000
2000Bluenose schooner family18.03 mm · 1.75 g195,117,000
2002Bluenose schooner family18.03 mm · 1.75 g252,563,000
2003Bluenose schooner family18.03 mm · 1.75 g164,617,000
2004Bluenose schooner family18.03 mm · 1.75 g213,025,000
2005Bluenose schooner family18.03 mm · 1.75 g211,350,000
2006Bluenose schooner family18.03 mm · 1.75 g331,647,000
2007Bluenose schooner family18.03 mm · 1.75 g304,110,000
2008Bluenose schooner family18.03 mm · 1.75 g467,495,000
2009Bluenose schooner family18.03 mm · 1.75 g370,700,000
2010Bluenose schooner family18.03 mm · 1.75 g252,500,000
2011Bluenose schooner family18.03 mm · 1.75 g292,325,000
2012Bluenose schooner family18.03 mm · 1.75 g334,675,000
2013Bluenose schooner family18.03 mm · 1.75 g104,775,000
2014Bluenose schooner family18.03 mm · 1.75 g153,450,000
2015Bluenose schooner family18.03 mm · 1.75 g112,475,000
2016Bluenose schooner family18.03 mm · 1.75 g439,925,000
2018Bluenose schooner family18.03 mm · 1.75 g118,525,000
2019Bluenose schooner family18.03 mm · 1.75 g159,775,000
2020Bluenose schooner family18.03 mm · 1.75 g68,750,000
2021Bluenose schooner family18.03 mm · 1.75 g704,000,000
2022Bluenose schooner family18.03 mm · 1.75 g103,400,000
2023Bluenose schooner family18.03 mm · 1.75 g3,055,000
2024Bluenose schooner family18.03 mm · 1.75 g73,975,000

Collecting paths and checklist

A useful first set represents the design and technical boundaries documented across 1937–present; 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

  1. 10 centsRoyal Canadian Mint

    Ten-cent design, designer, and composition chronology.

  2. A History of the Canadian DollarBank of Canada

    Decimal adoption, 1858 coinage, 1870 Dominion coinage, provincial issues, Newfoundland, and mint history.

  3. Faces of the MonarchRoyal Canadian Mint

    Canadian coin obverse portrait chronology through Charles III.