CANADA. George V. 1910-1936. AR 25 Cents (24mm, 5.82 g, 12h). Ottawa mint. Dated 1936. GEORGIVS V DEI GRA: REX ET IND: IMP:, crowned and mantled bust left / Crown above 25/ CENTS/ CANADA/ ––/ 1936 in five lines within maple wreath; · below. KM 24a. Attractively toned with some iridescence, fully lustrous. In PCGS encapsulation 58744938, graded MS 64. Low mintage. From the Alexander Christopher Collection.When King George V died on 20 January 1936, as per the usual Canadian practice, the coinage continued through the end of year bearing his name and effigy. By December of 1936, the pre-production of the coinage was well underway for Georges heir and successor, Edward VIII. However, Edwards resolve to marry the American divorcée Wallis Simpson plunged the United Kingdom into a constitutional crisis concerning the Church of England, of which the king is the supreme governor. Consequently, Edward ultimately chose to abdicate in favor of his younger brother who succeeded to the throne as King George VI on 11 December 1936. This rapid change in ruler caused a problem for the coinage as all the work prepared for Edwards 1937 coinage was wasted and pre-production would now need to begin for coinage for George VI instead. This delay resulted in a coinage shortage in Canada. The decision was made to continue releasing George Vs coinage into circulation in early 1937 but with a tiny dot placed beneath the date on the reverse. However, while specimens were made for the Cent, 10 Cent, and 25 Cent denominations, only a small mintage of 25 Cents were released into circulation. This circulating example remains but one step away from a Gem 65 and is highly desirable in high grades in addition to being from a fascinating historical episode in British and Canadian history. There are only eight examples graded higher at PCGS, and with none higher at NGC. The final winners of all Triton XXIX lots will be determined at the live public sale that will be held on 13-14 January 2026.Triton XXIX – Session Four – Lot 920-1141 will be held Wednesday afternoon, 14 January 2026 beginning at 2:00 PM ET.Winning bids are subject to a 22.5% buyers fee for bids placed on this website and 25% for all others.We recognize that our users may have various Internet Browsers and Operating Systems. We like our visitors to have the best possible experience when using our bidding platform. However, we do recognize that it is impossible to develop applications that work identically, efficiently and effectively on all web browsers. The CNG bidding platform supports the latest stable major version and stable previous version of Chrome and Firefox.
