CoinsCanadian Silver Dollars, 1935–1967 → 1953 Canadian Silver Dollar

1953 Canadian Silver Dollar

Ottawa Mint
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Why this coin matters

The 1953 Canadian Silver Dollar was struck at the Ottawa Mint with a recorded mintage of 1,074,578 coins — the 18th-lowest of the 29 circulation-strike issues in the canadian silver dollar series.

Elizabeth II arrives - wire rim and flat rim varieties mark the transition year.

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 1953 canadian silver dollar, mint by mint

IssueMintMintage
1953 Canadian Silver DollarOttawa1,074,578

The 1953 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.