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THIS IS A GUIDE BASED ON MY PERSONAL OBSERVATIONS, NUMBEROUS REFERENCE MATERIALS AND MY LOVE FOR ALL NEWFOUNDLAND'S BEAUTIFUL COINAGE, ........THE NEWFOUNDLAND 20 CENT COIN BEGAN LIFE IN 1865, JUST TWO SHORT YEARS BEFORE THE CONFEDERATION OF CANADA INTO A UNIFIED COUNTRY.ADOPTING A SIMILAR PORTRAIT OF QUEEN VICTORIA TO THAT OF THE BRITISH SHILLING , ( A TRULY STUNNING DESIGN ) THIS SERIES STARTED FAIRLY STRONG WITH 100,000 PIECES STRUCK THE FIRST YEAR ,( THE TRENDS ON THE 1865 BETWEEN FINE-EF ARE 45.00-350.00 ) HOWEVER THE SERIES ALONG WITH ALL OTHER NEWFOUNDLAND COINS WENT INTO A FIVE YEAR HIATIS , LARGELY DUE TO LACK OF DEMAND ) UNTIL 1870, WHEN THERE WERE ONLY 50,000 STRUCK. THE 1870 IS A VERY TOUGH DATE TO FIND NICELY DETAILED AND PROBLEM FREE THERE ARE SEVERAL LOW MINTAGE DATES IN THIS SERIES , THE LOWEST BEING THE 1880, WITH ONLY 30,000 PIECES STRUCK. ONE OF THE TOUGHEST DATES OF ALL IS THE 1876-H , TOUGH, IN THE SENSE THAT, ITS VERY DIFFICULT TO FIND FULLY STRUCK AND ABOVE FINE ( F-12 ) THIS DATE IS NOTOROUSLY WEAKLY STRUCK ( AS ARE MANY NEWFOUNDLAND COINS )ESPECIALLY THE REVERSE, IT SEEMS THE OBVERSES HELD UP BETTER IN CIRCULATION . MANY COLLECTORS CONSIDER THE 1885 TO BE THE KEY, WHILE THERE IS SOME DEBATE ABOUT THAT, IT IS A SCARCE COIN, IN FACT , THE SECOND LOWEST MINTAGE IN THE SERIES AT 40,000 STRUCK , AND TOUGH TO FIND IN BETTER GRADES. ANOTHER TOUGH DATE IS THE 1873,WITH ONLY 40,000 MINTED, IT IS TIED FOR SECOND LOWEST MINTAGE WITH THE 1885. QUEEN VICTORIA REMAINED ON ALL NEWFOUNDLAND COINAGE UNTIL AFTER 1900. THE 1904-H TWENTY CENT COIN WAS A ONE YEAR TYPE FEATURING KING EDWARD VII ONLY 75,000 WERE STRUCK, MAKING THIS A BETTER DATE . THE LAST OF THE SERIES , WAS ALSO A ONE YEAR TYPE , THE 1912 , WITH THE KING GEORGE V PORTRAIT, THIS WAS THE HIGHEST MINTAGE IN THE SERIES AT 350,000. THE END CAME FOR THE TWENTY CENT COIN AFTER 1912, LARGELY DUE TO ITS SIMILARITY TO THE TWENTY -FIVE CENT COINS , MUST HAVE BEEN CONFUSING TO SOME PEOPLE IN THOSE DAYS. IM VERY BULLISH ABOUT THIS SERIES, LIKE THE NEWFOUNDLAND FIFTY CENTS, THESE COINS HAVE NEARLY NON-EXISTENT MINTAGES, AND IF DEMAND IN THIS SERIES EVER REALLY PICKED UP STEAM, THESE COINS WOULD SURELY GO THROUGH THE ROOF IN PRICE, A QUICK COMPARISION WITH THE UGLY , SHORT-LIVED U.S. TWENTY CENT COINS ( MINTED 1875-1878 ) THE LEAST EXPENSIVE U.S "DOUBLE-DIME " IS THE 1875-S, WITH A MINTAGE OF 1.1 MILLION , THE TREND IN G-4 IS 65.00 !!!!!!!!! THAT ONE DATE ALONE HAS NEARLY THE MINTAGE OF ALL OF THE NEWFOUNDLAND TWENTY CENT COINS COMBINED, PROVING THAT, IN TIME , THESE BEAUTIFUL TIMELESS BEAUTIES MAY YET ENJOY VALUES AND TRENDS MORE RELATIVE TO THEIR SCARCITY . THANK YOU DANNY ANABLE ______"CANADA COIN NUT " _JULY _2006
Guide created: 07/05/06 (updated 01/09/09)
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