Canadian Nickel Dollars
Canadian Nickel Dollars 1968 $1 Voyageur (Regular Strike) PCGS MS67 Canadian Dollars are large, highly collectible coins that have been popular with collectors since their regular-issue inception in 1935. They were struck in an 80% silver format through 1967 when rising bullion prices forced the Royal Canadian Mint to choose a less-expensive base-metal format for its dollar coinage. The replacement was a pure nickel composition that was used in Canada Dollars from 1968 through 1987; from 1987 on, the large-size dollar format was replaced by the smaller “Loonie” Dollar, a 26.72-millimete...
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