Canadian 25-cent coin · Elizabeth II
2001 Canadian 25 cents (quarter)
A 2001 Canadian 25-cent coin contains no silver.
Reported mintage, 2001
62,227,000The Mint records this coin as 94% steel, 3.8% copper, 2.2% nickel plating. There is no melt trade in it and no dealer prices it by weight.
What the Mint says it is made of
| Period | Composition | Weight | Silver | Diameter | Magnet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 - present | 94% steel, 3.8% copper, 2.2% nickel plating | 4.4 g | none | 23.88 mm | attracted |
How many were struck
Reported mintage, 2001
That is the 67th lowest of the 110 years in which the Mint reports striking a 25-cent coin, in a range running from 242,382 to 629,018,000. Mintage is a count of coins made, not of coins that survive: the Mint has no way of knowing how many of these were later returned and melted, and for a silver denomination in the 1960s that number is large.
Portrait on the obverse
Elizabeth II
A new effigy of Queen Elizabeth II was unveiled in 1990 when she was 64 years old. This was the first to be designed by a Canadian, Dora de Pédery-Hunt, and the coin kept the ELIZABETH II D G REGINA inscription.
The design on the reverse
1937 - 1972, 1974 - 1991, 1993 - 1998, 2001-2008 and 2001-present
Emanuel Hahn's caribou design was adopted in 1937 in an effort to modernize Canada's circulation coins.
The rest of your 2001 change
Nobody inherits one denomination. If there is a 2001 25-cent coin in the tin, these are the other coins carrying that date and whether they hold any silver.
| Denomination | Composition in 2001 | Silver | Mintage |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 cent penny | 94% steel, 1.5% nickel, 4.5% copper plating | none | 928,434,000 |
| 5 cents nickel | 94.5% steel, 3.5% copper, 2% nickel plating | none | 166,686,000 |
| 10 cents dime | 92% steel, 5.5% copper, 2.5% nickel | none | 272,465,000 |
| 50 cents half dollar | 93.15% steel, 4.75% copper, 2.1% nickel plating | none | 403,000 |
| 1 dollar | 91.5% nickel, 8.5% bronze plating | none | 0 |
| 2 dollars toonie | outer ring 99% nickel, inner core 92% copper, 6% aluminum, 2% nickel | none | 11,910,000 |