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20 Cents - George V
| Issuer | Government of Newfoundland |
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| Year | 1912 |
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| Composition | Silver (.925) (.925 silver .075 copper; 0.1402ASW) |
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| Reverse description | The reverse presents the denomination 20 CENTS in bold raised lettering arranged in two lines at the centre of the field, with the date 1912 below, all contained within an oval wreath formed by delicate scrolling vine and foliate ornaments tied at the base with a decorative bow. The legend NEWFOUNDLAND arcs along the upper periphery of the coin, separated from the central device by a plain field. A beaded border runs along the coin's rim, and the overall design is clean and typographic in character, engraved by William Henry James Blakemore. |
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| Mintage | 1912 - - 350,000 1912 - Proof - |
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Newfoundland's 20-cent piece occupied a denomination that existed nowhere else in North America — a deliberate holdover from the colony's pre-Confederation monetary habits, where the unit aligned more naturally with local trade practices than the dime-quarter structure used in Canada proper. By 1912, the denomination was already anachronistic, and this would prove to be one of the final years of issue before the series was quietly discontinued.
Struck at the Royal Mint in London. Newfoundland did not join Canada until 1949, and its coinage was administered independently throughout this period.