Newfoundland coins circulated throughout Canada as well and the Newfoundland twenty-cent coin was often confused with Canadian twenty-five cent coins. The Canadian government convinced Newfoundland’s government to discontinue the twenty-cent coin.
The circulation of Newfoundland coins in Canada led to a common mistake between the twenty-cent coin and the quarter-dollar coin. To clarify this, the Canadian government effectively persuaded Newfoundland's government to discontinue its twenty-cent coin.