20 Cents

The 20 cents coin is a unique coin to Canadian currency having only been produced in 1858. At the time of the coins production, it was worth the same as a schilling in Halifax. The coin was not very popular and by 1870, the government decided that the coin would be replaced with a 25 cent piece. Many of the 20 cent pieces were sent for melting at the Royal Mint in London and the metal from the melting was used to create the 25 cent coins.