1911 silver

[leslie(nova scotia)]

Had some time to kill before Nogo had an appointment for undercoating so to the Dingle we did go. Overcast and the bugs were super bad . Took a bath in deep woods off and headed for the deep woods around the Dingle on the land side.
After a few crusty pennies out popped this little jewel!


After a few more hills, trails and tromping through the bushes feeding the bugs I left. Pointed Nogo to the nearest park and met up with a real hero...super hero in fact!

After 45 minutes the knee gave out along with a few other body parts so I limped back to Nogo and called it a day...no quota today!

 

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[Sandigger2]

Congrats on a nice silver fiver.

 

[Rick (Nova Scotia)]

a "little jewel" for the keeper pile, nice.

 

[rodarian]

Woulda made my day for sure. Nice!

 

[I-DIG-IT]

Nice digs.

 

[Mackaydon]

leslie,
Great find on that 0.925 pure silver, 1911 5 cent piece.
It's unique, in that it was a one year mintage of that weight; slightly heavier than all those minted subsequently with the same design.
Don......

 

[treblehunter]

Great finds, great thread.

 

[Rick (Nova Scotia)]

leslie,
Great find on that 0.925 pure silver, 1911 5 cent piece.
It's unique, in that it was a one year mintage of that weight; slightly heavier than all those minted subsequently with the same design.
Don......

That's an interesting bit of info, I never knew there was a weight difference of the 1911 compared to the rest of the series. Not mentioned in Charleton, Haxby & Willey or Krause, they all list them respectively as 1.17, 1.164, 1.162 grams. Without mention of a weight difference for the '11. There is of course a difference in the OB. legend.

 

[Mackaydon]

The weight difference is shown between KM#16 and KM #22 1.1620 grams vs. 1.1300 grams; not much, but still a difference.
Source: 2013 "North American Coins and Prices" 22nd Edition; David C. Harper, Editor; (Krause Publication); page 303.
Don.....

 

[Rick (Nova Scotia)]

My krause is def. not that up to date, and no doubt not quite as specific. Would have though Charleton would have know that being specific to canadian coins only.

Again interesting, Thanks Don.

 

[K1DDO1979]

Don't forget that the 1911 Canadian coins were the "godless" coins. Makes it a little more special!
"Except for one year, all Canadian coins have featured the phrase 'DEI GRA' or 'DEI GRATIA' on the obverse side. The Latin words mean 'by the grace of God' and refer to the reign of the monarch whose likeness appears on the coin. The year 1911 was the lone exception. George V had ascended to the throne in 1910, so 1911 was the first year he was featured on British Empire coinage. Because of an oversight or a misunderstanding (nobody is quite certain), the phrase was omitted from Canadian coins in 1911--much to the outrage of the public. (Some people blame the Liberal goverment's defeat in the federal election that year on the 'godless' coins.) The phrase was restored to Canadian coinage in 1912 and has appeared every year since then."