The Newfoundland ten cent coins exist as a bronze pattern with the adopted obverse from the New Brunswick coin (the words Newfoundland substitute New Brunswick). This design adoption is similar to that used for Newfoundland five cent coins.
The obverse, featuring Queen Victoria, has three different varieties. The first variety is found on coins dated 1865, 1870, and 1873. There are two leaves at the top of the laurel crown. Another key way to distinguish this is the use of two dots before and after Newfoundland on the obverse.[1]
The second variety features three leaves at the top of the laurel crown and a dot can be found before but not after Newfoundland on the obverse. This variety is featured on coins dated 1870, 1872H, 1873, 1876H, 1880, 1885 and 1894.
The final variety is similar to the first variety with the two leaves at the top of the laurel crown. The difference is that the leaf barely touches the legend band of the obverse and is found on coins dated 1882H, 1885, 1888, 1890, 1894 and 1896.[1]
1871 Mint Mule
A rare variety exists because an 1871H Dominion of Canada reverse die was muled with an H Newfoundland obverse die.[2]
Mintages
Date and Mint Mark
Mintage
1871H
40,000
Queen Victoria Laureated Portrait, 1865-1896
Specifications
Designer
Engraver
Composition
Weight
Diameter
Leonard C. Wyon
Leonard C. Wyon
.925 silver, .075 copper
2.36 grams
17.98 mm
Mintages
Date and Mint Mark
Mintage
1865
80,000
1870
30,000
1872
40,000 (part of 1871 mintage)
1873
23,614
1876H
10,000
1880
10,000
1882H
20,000
1885
8,000
1888
30,000
1890
100,000
1894
100,000
1896
230,000
Edward VII, 1903-1904
The obverse is that used for the Dominion of Canada coins. The reverse is a new design by George W. DeSaulles.[3]
Specifications
Designer
Engraver
Composition
Weight
Diameter
George W. DeSaulles
George W. DeSaulles
.925 silver, .075 copper
2.36 grams
17.96 mm
Mintages
Date and Mint Mark
Mintage
1903
100,000
1904H
100,000
George V, 1912-1919
The obverse is the same as for the Dominion of Canada issues. The reverse is a continuation of the Newfoundland Edward VII designs.[3]
Specifications
Designer
Engraver
Composition
Weight (1912–1917)
Weight (1919)
Diameter (1912)
Diameter (1917–1919)
Sir E.B. MacKennal
George W. DeSaulles
.925 silver, .075 copper
2.36 grams
2.33 grams
17.96 mm
18.03 mm
Mintages
Date and Mint Mark
Mintage
1912
150,000
1917C
250,805
1919C
54,342
George VI, 1938-1947
The obverse for this denomination used Percy Metcalfe’s standard portrait of George VI for British colonial coinages and the existing Edward VII/George V reverse. The mintage figures for 1946 and 1947 are considered unofficial. The same issue occurred with the Newfoundland five cents coins of the era. Published official mint reports do not indicate any mintage of the denomination during 1946, although there appears to be 1946 coins created in 1947.[4] Therefore, mintage figures for 1946 and 1947 are unofficial.
