Canadian 25-cent coin · 1937 - 1972, 1974 - 1991, 1993 - 1998, 2001-2008 and 2001-present

The caribou

Emanuel Hahn's caribou design was adopted in 1937 in an effort to modernize Canada's circulation coins.

What a coin with this design is made of

This design spans the change in metal. Of the 84 years the Mint reports it, 32 are silver-bearing and 52 are not, which means two coins with the same picture on the back can be entirely different things. The date is what separates them.

Across the years the Mint reports for this design, 7,221,612,200 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.

What these sell for

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Every year of this design

Year	Composition	Silver	Mintage
1937	80% silver, 20% copper	0.1500 ozt .800	2,689,813
1938	80% silver, 20% copper	0.1500 ozt .800	3,149,245
1939	80% silver, 20% copper	0.1500 ozt .800	3,532,495
1940	80% silver, 20% copper	0.1500 ozt .800	9,583,650
1941	80% silver, 20% copper	0.1500 ozt .800	6,654,672
1942	80% silver, 20% copper	0.1500 ozt .800	6,935,871
1943	80% silver, 20% copper	0.1500 ozt .800	13,559,575
1944	80% silver, 20% copper	0.1500 ozt .800	7,216,237
1945	80% silver, 20% copper	0.1500 ozt .800	5,296,495
1946	80% silver, 20% copper	0.1500 ozt .800	2,210,810
1947	80% silver, 20% copper	0.1500 ozt .800	5,918,482
1948	80% silver, 20% copper	0.1500 ozt .800	2,564,424
1949	80% silver, 20% copper	0.1500 ozt .800	7,988,830
1950	80% silver, 20% copper	0.1500 ozt .800	9,673,335
1951	80% silver, 20% copper	0.1500 ozt .800	8,290,719
1952	80% silver, 20% copper	0.1500 ozt .800	8,859,642
1953	80% silver, 20% copper	0.1500 ozt .800	10,456,769
1954	80% silver, 20% copper	0.1500 ozt .800	2,318,891
1955	80% silver, 20% copper	0.1500 ozt .800	9,552,505
1956	80% silver, 20% copper	0.1500 ozt .800	11,269,353
1957	80% silver, 20% copper	0.1500 ozt .800	12,770,190
1958	80% silver, 20% copper	0.1500 ozt .800	9,336,910
1959	80% silver, 20% copper	0.1500 ozt .800	13,503,461
1960	80% silver, 20% copper	0.1500 ozt .800	22,835,327
1961	80% silver, 20% copper	0.1500 ozt .800	18,164,368
1962	80% silver, 20% copper	0.1500 ozt .800	29,559,266
1963	80% silver, 20% copper	0.1500 ozt .800	21,180,642
1964	80% silver, 20% copper	0.1500 ozt .800	36,479,343
1965	80% silver, 20% copper	0.1500 ozt .800	44,708,869
1966	80% silver, 20% copper	0.1500 ozt .800	25,388,892
1967	80% silver, 20% copper; or 50% silver, 50% copper	0.1500 ozt .800	48,855,500
1968	50% silver, 50% copper; or 99.9% nickel	0.0812 ozt .500	160,150,931
1969	99.9% nickel	none	133,037,929
1970	99.9% nickel	none	10,302,010
1971	99.9% nickel	none	48,170,428
1972	99.9% nickel	none	43,743,387
1974	99.9% nickel	none	192,360,598
1975	99.9% nickel	none	252,259,000
1976	99.9% nickel	none	86,898,261
1977	99.9% nickel	none	99,634,555
1978	99.9% nickel	none	174,475,408
1979	99.9% nickel	none	131,042,905
1980	99.9% nickel	none	76,178,000
1981	99.9% nickel	none	131,583,900
1982	99.9% nickel	none	171,926,000
1983	99.9% nickel	none	13,162,000
1984	99.9% nickel	none	119,212,000
1985	99.9% nickel	none	158,734,000
1986	99.9% nickel	none	132,220,000
1987	99.9% nickel	none	53,408,000
1988	99.9% nickel	none	80,368,000
1989	99.9% nickel	none	119,084,307
1990	99.9% nickel	none	31,258,000
1991	99.9% nickel	none	459,000
1993	99.9% nickel	none	73,758,000
1994	99.9% nickel	none	77,670,000
1995	99.9% nickel	none	89,210,000
1996	99.9% nickel	none	28,216,000
1997	99.9% nickel	none	none struck
1998	99.9% nickel	none	none struck
2001	94% steel, 3.8% copper, 2.2% nickel plating	none	62,227,000
2002	94% steel, 3.8% copper, 2.2% nickel plating	none	187,992,000
2003	94% steel, 3.8% copper, 2.2% nickel plating	none	100,638,000
2004	94% steel, 3.8% copper, 2.2% nickel plating	none	210,047,000
2005	94% steel, 3.8% copper, 2.2% nickel plating	none	269,586,000
2006	94% steel, 3.8% copper, 2.2% nickel plating	none	629,018,000
2007	94% steel, 3.8% copper, 2.2% nickel plating	none	386,763,000
2008	94% steel, 3.8% copper, 2.2% nickel plating	none	387,222,000
2009	94% steel, 3.8% copper, 2.2% nickel plating	none	266,766,000
2010	94% steel, 3.8% copper, 2.2% nickel plating	none	167,500,000
2011	94% steel, 3.8% copper, 2.2% nickel plating	none	212,970,000
2012	94% steel, 3.8% copper, 2.2% nickel plating	none	178,450,000
2013	94% steel, 3.8% copper, 2.2% nickel plating	none	118,480,000
2014	94% steel, 3.8% copper, 2.2% nickel plating	none	97,440,000
2015	94% steel, 3.8% copper, 2.2% nickel plating	none	97,320,000
2016	94% steel, 3.8% copper, 2.2% nickel plating	none	250,100,000
2017	94% steel, 3.8% copper, 2.2% nickel plating	none	20,000,000
2018	94% steel, 3.8% copper, 2.2% nickel plating	none	102,560,000
2019	94% steel, 3.8% copper, 2.2% nickel plating	none	80,160,000
2020	94% steel, 3.8% copper, 2.2% nickel plating	none	15,636,000
2021	94% steel, 3.8% copper, 2.2% nickel plating	none	110,560,000
2022	94% steel, 3.8% copper, 2.2% nickel plating	none	91,680,000
2023	94% steel, 3.8% copper, 2.2% nickel plating	none	5,630,000
2024	94% steel, 3.8% copper, 2.2% nickel plating	none	63,840,000

Other 25 cents reverses

1870 - 1936

The crossed maple boughs

1967 The centennial 25-cent coin

1973

The RCMP centennial

1992

125th Anniversary of Confederation

1999 Millenium Collection

2000 Millenium Collection

2002

Canada Day

2004

Ile Sainte-Croix

2004

The Poppy

2005

Saskatchewan Centennial

2005

Alberta Centennial

2005

Year of the Veteran

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.