Canadian 25-cent coin · 1967 The centennial 25-cent coin

1967 The centennial 25-cent coin

Alex Colville created a special set of coin designs to commemorate the 100th anniversary of Canadian confederation; the 25-cent coin features a bobcat.

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, 48,855,500 25-cent coins were struck.

Denomination

Canadian 25-cent coin

The denomination where the Mint's own record shows the 1967 to 1968 fall in fineness most clearly, from 80% silver to 50% and then to none at all.

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Every year of this design

YearCompositionSilverMintage
196780% silver, 20% copper; or 50% silver, 50% copper0.1500 ozt .80048,855,500

Other 25 cents reverses

The design name, its period and the description above are reproduced from the Royal Canadian Mint’s reverse design notes for the 25-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.