1929 was the final year of Newfoundland’s George V five-cent piece: the type begun in 1912 closed with 300,000 coins struck in London at the Royal Mint. The island would not receive another 5 cents until 1938, by then under George VI.

The obverse carries Bertram Mackennal’s crowned bust of the king with the legend «GEORGIVS V DEI GRA: REX ET IND: IMP:» (George V, by the grace of God, King and Emperor of India). The reverse, after George William de Saulles, is restrained: value and date inside a decorative circle, with «NEWFOUNDLAND» around the edge.

The coin was struck while Newfoundland was still a self-governing dominion. Five years later, on 16 February 1934, debt and the Great Depression cost the island its responsible government, and a London-appointed Commission ran it until it joined Canada in 1949. This small silver coin belongs to the last years of full self-rule.

For a Newfoundland or George V collection it is the closing year of the type. The F-VF grade sits between Fine and Very Fine: circulation wear shows on the high points, yet the portrait, legend and figures of value remain clearly legible.

The VPcoins catalogue includes both modern commemorative issues and coins of past eras.