Canadian Nickel Dollars
1968 $1 Voyageur (Regular Strike) PCGS MS67
Canadian Dollars are large, highly collectible coins that have been popular with collectors since their regular-issue inception in 1935. They were struck in an 80% silver format through 1967 when rising bullion prices forced the
Royal Canadian Mint to choose a less-expensive base-metal format for its dollar coinage. The replacement was a pure nickel composition that was used in Canada Dollars from 1968 through 1987; from 1987 on, the large-size dollar format was replaced by the smaller
“Loonie” Dollar, a 26.72-millimeter nickel-bronze coin nicknamed for the placid design by
Robert-Ralph Carmichael of a loon swimming in a serene pond.