Added by | Alain Martineau |
In personal collections | 43 |
General Description | Circulation 25 cents coin to celebrate Saskatchewan's Centennial. Composition: 94% steel, 3.8% copper, 2.2% nickel plating P (mint mark) From 2001-2006, most one cent, five cents, ten cents, twenty-five cents, and fifty cents issued for circulation were struck with a P Mint Mark to represent the Royal Canadian Mint’s plating process. |
Obv. Description | The effigy of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II changed again in 2003, when she was 77 years old. Susanna Blunt, a Canadian, designed this effigy. The effigy currently appears on Canadian coins surrounded by the inscription ELIZABETH II D G REGINA. The effigy is reminiscent of that of her father, His Majesty King George VI, who acceded to the throne in his later years and also elected to forgo the crown |
Rev. Description | The coin features a singing Western Meadowlark, flanked by two shafts of wheat, while a prairie sunset and towering grain elevator fill the background. |
Catalog code | KM# 532 |
Mintage | 19,290,000 |
Diameter | 23.90 mm |
Thickness | 1.00 mm |
Weight | 4.4300 g |
Material | Nickel plated Steel |
Orientation | Medal |
Mint | Canada - Royal Canadian Mint |
Edge Type | reeded |
Designer | Paulette Sapergia |
Catalog prices *what it means? |
UNC $4.00 |