Quarter (Canadian coin)
The quarter, short for quarter dollar, is a Canadian coin worth 25 cents or one-fourth of a Canadian dollar. It is a small, circular coin of silver colour. According to the Royal Canadian Mint, the official name for the coin is the 25-cent piece, but in practice it is usually called a "quarter", much like its American counterpart. In Canadian French, it is called a caribou or trente sous ("thirty sous", based on the old exchange rate). The coin is produced at the Royal Canadian Mint's facility in Winnipeg, Manitoba.
Canada | |
| Value | 0.25 Canadian dollar |
|---|---|
| Mass | 4.4 g |
| Diameter | 23.88 mm |
| Thickness | 1.58 mm |
| Edge | Milled |
| Composition | Nickel-plated steel 94% steel, 3.8% Cu, 2.2% Ni plating |
| Years of minting | 1870–present |
| Catalog number | – |
| Obverse | |
| Design | Elizabeth II, Queen of Canada |
| Designer | Susanna Blunt |
| Design date | 2003 |
| Design discontinued | 2023 |
| Design | Charles III, King of Canada |
| Designer | Steven Rosati |
| Design date | 2023 |
| Reverse | |
| Design | Caribou |
| Designer | Emmanuel Hahn |
| Design date | 1937 |
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