Newfoundland officially joined Canada at midnight on March 31, 1949. Before that they were a British territory. It is the easternmost province of Canada.
This little guy is composed of .925 silver & .075 copper. There were 150,000 minted in 1912. This one is still in decent shape and I like the simple design on the reverse of this coin.
On April 29, 1999, the government passed a motion in the Newfoundland House of Assembly requesting the federal government amend the Newfoundland Act to change the province's name to "Newfoundland and Labrador". The name chance was officially recognized on December 6, 2001.
The obverse of this coin is not so great. You have the profile of an old rich guy with lots of abbreviated words. Lame.
GEORGIVS V DEI GRA: REX ET IND:IMP: = George V, Dei Gratia Rex, Indiae Imperator = George V, By the grace of God, King and Emperor of the Indies 🖕🖕🖕
So dumb, stupid kings think they are so great. Ridiculous.
Anyhow, I do like the coin. I picked it up from M Barr Coins on eBay. These guys have tons of coins on auction all the time. https://www.ebay.com/str/mbarrcoins.
It's a little dangerous as I see lots of cool things go by. This one was only $4.25 so not bad.
