Canadian 10-cent coin · 1967

Centennial 10-cent coin

Alex Colville created a special set of coin designs to commemorate the 100th anniversary of Canadian Confederation; the 10-cent coin features a mackerel.

What a coin with this design is made of

Every year of this design falls inside a period the Mint records as silver-bearing, so any circulated example carries silver. How much depends on the date, because the fineness changed within the run.

Across the years the Mint reports for this design, 62,998,215 10-cent coins were struck.

Denomination

Canadian 10-cent coin

Sterling silver to 1919, 80% silver to 1967, pure nickel from 1968 and plated steel from 2000. The smallest Canadian coin and the one most often found in a jar.

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Every year of this design

YearCompositionSilverMintage
196780% silver, 20% copper0.0599 ozt .80062,998,215

Other 10 cents reverses

The design name, its period and the description above are reproduced from the Royal Canadian Mint’s reverse design notes for the 10-cent coin, retrieved 2026-09-04. Compositions and mintages come from the same page. This site publishes no variety, grade or catalogue distinctions, because those are not in the Mint’s record. Methodology.