Canada, Provinces Newfoundland George V 25 Cents

History

25 Cents 1917-1919, KM# 17, Newfoundland, George V

Obverse. Photo © Heritage Auctions

Description

Newfoundland Colony was the name for an English colony and later British colony established in 1610 on the island of the same name off the Atlantic coast of Canada, included in the modern-day Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. This followed decades of sporadic English settlement on the island, at first seasonal rather than permanent. It was made a Crown colony in 1854 and a Dominion of the British Empire in 1907. In 1949 it joined the Canadian confederation as the Province of Newfoundland.

This was a two year type introduced in 1917 and 1919 to supersede the Newfoundland 20 cent coins. The Newfoundland 25 cent coins were interchangeable with the Canadian 25 cent coins, which was in common circulation in Newfoundland, even though Canadian coins were not legal tender in Newfoundland.

Obverse	Crown, jewelry Tudor Crown Person (king, queen, tsar etc.) George V Crowned and robed bust of George V facing left; below bust in small lettering the artist's initials B.M. George V (1865–1936) was King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Emperor of India, from 6 May 1910 until his death in 1936. He was the only Emperor of India to be present at his own Delhi Durbar. His reign saw the rise of socialism, communism, fascism, Irish republicanism, and the Indian independence movement, all of which radically changed the political landscape. In 1917, George became the first monarch of the House of Windsor, which he renamed from the House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha as a result of anti-German public sentiment. The Tudor Crown, also known as the King's Crown or Imperial Crown, is a widely used symbol in heraldry of the United Kingdom. While various crown symbols had been used for this purpose for many years previously, the specific Tudor Crown design was standardised at the request of Edward VII. It was never intended to represent any actual physical crown, although in shape it bears a close resemblance to the small diamond crown of Queen Victoria. The legend is an abbreviated translation of “George V, by the Grace of God, King and Emperor of India”. Engraver: Edgar Bertram MacKennal GEORGIVS V DEI GRA: REX ET IND:IMP: B.M.
Reverse	Island name, face value an date inside circular decoration. Mintmark below. Engraver: W.H.J. Blakemore NEWFOUNDLAND 25 CENTS 1919 C
Edge	Reeded (milled)