Description

1914 Canada $5 Gold ICCS Certified AU-50.

This coin contains 0.242 oz. of Gold.

In March 1912, the first completely Canadian Gold Coins, from raw material to design, were struck at the Ottawa Branch of the British Royal Mint (now the Royal Canadian Mint). By 1914, the First World War had begun, and the gold coin prodgram was cancelled in favour of gold bars, which began to be released in 1915.