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1947 Canadian Silver Dollar

Semi-keyOttawa Mint
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Why this coin matters

The 1947 Canadian Silver Dollar was struck at the Ottawa Mint with a recorded mintage of 65,595 coins — the 4th-lowest of the 29 circulation-strike issues in the canadian silver dollar series, and 76% of the 86,730 canadian silver dollars the Mint produced across all facilities in 1947.

One mintage, two sevens - the 65,595 pieces split between pointed 7 and blunt 7 varieties, with dot and repunched sub-varieties for the specialists.

A full collector's note for this issue — survival, strike character, and what to check before buying — is on the writing schedule; the figures above are the permanent record.

Mintage: the 1947 canadian silver dollar, mint by mint

IssueMintMintage
1947 Canadian Silver DollarOttawa65,595
1947 Canadian Silver DollarOttawa21,135

The 1947 in its series

Sources

Mintage figures: United States Mint (Annual Report of the Director of the Mint) and Royal Canadian Mint records, cross-checked across independent published references. Specifications: United States Mint coin specifications.

The mintage is the only number that never changes. This is where it lives.