Canada Silver Dollars 1935-1952

George V
1935 - 428,707 minted
Heavily hoarded at the time and relatively easy to obtain in mint state
1936 - 306,100
Less hoarded and consequently higher priced. High MS (MS65 and up) can be very pricey but nice lower MS examples can be found at affordable prices.

George VI
1937 - 241,002
Another issue that was hoarded at the time and is easy to find in MS. Starts to get expensive in MS64 and up.
1938 - 90,304
This is a harder to find issue and starts to get pricey in Ms63 and up.
1939 - 1,363,816
Common as dirt and nice examples can be found at affordable prices. MS65 and up get pricey though.
1945 - 38,391
A key date and the prices reflect that, particularly MS63 and up.
1946 - 93,055
Nice MS examples up to MS62 are affordable. After that the prices go way up.
1947 - 65,595
Another key date and priced to match. The pointed 7 variety is priced higher than the blunt 7 version.
1947ML - 21,135
Second lowest mintage of the series and nice MS examples are both hard to find and expensive.
1948 - 18,780
The king of Canadian dollars and priced accordingly. There never seems to be a shortage of MS coins for sale but the prices are high.
1949 - 672,218
Easily available at affordable prices, even in high MS grades.
1950 - 261,002
Affordable in all but the highest grades.
1951 - 416,395
Similar to 1950 but slightly pricier in highest grades.
1952 - 406,148
Similar to 1950 and 1951

In closing: compared to American dollars, Canadian dollars have miniscule mintages and, IMO, are severely undervalued.
Many of the George VI issues have multiple varieties that are listed in the standard references (Charlton, Haxby) and are sought by completists (like me!)
Alert and perspicacious buyers can find nicely struck and preserved coins in MS60-62 at prices that, if not cheap, are for the most part within the means of an average dedicated collector.
Nice circulated examples in VF are affordable with prices under $100 for all but the rarest dates (45, 47, 48).

 

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A 1936 in MS65 PCGS and a 1935 in MS66 PCGS, well-matched set! Looking for others and agree that they are quite underrated at these levels.

Enjoy!

Best Regards, :hail:

George

 

I think the obverse on the 1935 is the most beautiful of all Canadian coins and, since I consider the Voyageur reverse to be the best reverse design, I guess the 1935 dollar gets my vote a most beautiful Canadian circulation coin.

 

+1 for appropriate use of the word perspicacious.

 

Well after all, as it says above my avatar, I am a "perspicacious numismatist"!

 

Great information in a really nice post

I purchased one coin at the Saturday Naugatuck Connecticut coin show yesterday. It is a 1950 Canada dollar. I have been looking up the coin in all my books & comparing it to my other Canada dollars. It has got me thinking about whether I should try to assemble a more complete collection of Canada dollars & then WOW, I see your post today. Thank you for the data!

Here is my new 1950n coin. It is very bright but it has some gentle toning that makes it look like an original 62 year old coin. I'll take photos of my other Canada dollars now. The set is far from being complete but it has a good start I think.

 

Nice coin!!!
I would definitely send that in to be certified.

 

It was freshly certified by PCGS when I bought it Saturday.

 

I began collecting the dollars with nice examples of the 1935, 1936, and 1937. I've also got some nice examples of dollars dated after 1952. I'll post some photos.

 

IMO that's a borderline 66, based on your photos. It's really a nice coin.
CAC would probably give you a sticker on it, should you decide to go that way.

 

Is it just me, or do my MS62s pretty much blow away the MS65s and MS66s in this thread?? LoL(!) But in all fairness, to truly appreciate the nuances of "technical" grading, you will have to check-out the PCGS #1 Registry set for Canadian dollars. Half the coins look like they were fished out of a tar pit. Apparently the traces of dinosaur DNA on the surface of the coin added a couple points to the grades... Or, I guess you could just say I like mine as white screamers even if the grade is a point or two lower.

 

Here are my original 1935, 1936, & 1937 depicted with my new 1950 dollar. According to the OP, these are the easier dates.

 

Canada dollars dated 1938 through 1948 - Post em.

Does anyone at CT have any of the other (more difficult) Canada dollars dated 1938 through 1948? I'm going to start paying attention & begin looking for them myself. I doubt I'll be finding any gem 1948 dated coins just lying about.

 

Between the stunning 48 and this 38, it was money well spent. I'm envious!

 

I picked up a 1951 the other day. I was pleasantly surprised to find it in a dealer's melt bin, and happy to save it from a hot fate. I am definitely keeping an eye out for these lately:

 

What I'd like to see is one of the 1951 2-wave varieties. Anyone here happen to have one?

 

My local B&M guy saves Canada dollars for me, which he sells to me basically for melt.
Mostly Elizabeth coins from the 60s but occasionally some from the 50s.
Also picked up a few 1939 and 1949 Geo VI commem dollars for melt over the years.
Nothing really in collectible condition but great for stacking!