★Caribou quarter family

Caribou Twenty-Five Cents

Caribou Twenty-Five Cents covers 1937–present within the twenty-five cents denomination. Identify the caribou head above the denomination reverse before applying the overlapping official technical standards or annual production rows.

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Scope is limited to the verified type or program level. Issue mintages, prices, varieties, and survival estimates are not inferred from this summary.

◆1Design generations

◆82Annual rows

◆6Technical standards

◆3Cited sources

Major twenty-five cents types

Know the boundary before the date

Begin with the Caribou head above the denomination 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: Caribou head above the denomination. 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 Caribou Twenty-Five Cents

The cited evidence records Canada as the issuing authority and 1937–present as this type or program boundary. It belongs to the Twenty-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 Twenty-five 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 · Caribou reverse — Emanuel Hahn's caribou became the principal design.
2. 1967 · Centennial bobcat — Alex Colville's bobcat replaced the caribou.
3. 1973 · RCMP Centennial — Paul Cederberg's mounted-police design marked the RCMP centennial.
4. 1992 · Canada 125 — A national contest produced provincial and territorial reverses.
5. 1999–2000 · Millennium collections — Two twelve-coin circulation series carried monthly and aspirational themes.
6. 2000 · Plated-steel standard — The quarter entered its current plated-steel technical generation.
7. 2004 · Coloured poppy — The Mint identifies it as the world's first coloured circulation coin.
8. 2017 · Canada 150 — The regular classic row was zero and the annual total belongs to the special program.

Design and identification

Begin with the Caribou head above the denomination 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.

• Caribou Twenty-Five Cents · 1937–present · Emanuel Hahn — Caribou head above the denomination. Caribou quarter 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 Caribou Twenty-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: 7,152,756,700 · 82 official annual rows

Three anchors that do not depend on price

• Caribou reverse — Emanuel Hahn's caribou became the principal design.
• Centennial bobcat — Alex Colville's bobcat replaced the caribou.
• RCMP Centennial — Paul Cederberg's mounted-police design marked the RCMP centennial.
• Canada 125 — A national contest produced provincial and territorial reverses.
• Millennium collections — Two twelve-coin circulation series carried monthly and aspirational themes.
• Plated-steel standard — The quarter entered its current plated-steel technical generation.
• Coloured poppy — The Mint identifies it as the world's first coloured circulation coin.
• Canada 150 — The regular classic row was zero and the annual total belongs to the special program.

Specifications within this type

1920 – 1952 · Round

Composition

80% silver, 20% copper

Weight

5.83 g

Diameter

23.62 mm

Thickness

Not stated

1953 – 1967 · Round

Composition

80% silver, 20% copper

Weight

5.83 g

Diameter

23.88 mm

Thickness

Not stated

1967 – 1968 · Round

Composition

50% silver, 50% copper

Weight

5.05 g

Diameter

23.88 mm

Thickness

Not stated

1968 – 1977 · Round

Composition

99.9% nickel

Weight

5.05 g

Diameter

23.88 mm

Thickness

1.6 mm

1978 – 1999 · Round

Composition

99.9% nickel

Weight

5.05 g

Diameter

23.88 mm

Thickness

1.58 mm

2000 – present · Round

Composition

94% steel, 3.8% copper, 2.2% nickel plating

Weight

4.4 g

Diameter

23.88 mm

Thickness

1.58 mm

Official annual production catalog

This page filters the published 1937–2024 annual rows to the Caribou Twenty-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.

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. 25 centsRoyal Canadian Mint

   Quarter design history and major commemorative circulation programs.

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.