| Issuer | Canada |
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| Year | 1953-1963 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
| Value | 1 Dollar |
| Currency | Dollar (1858-date) |
| Composition | Silver (.800) (.800 silver .200 copper) |
| Weight | 23.33 g |
| Diameter | 36.00 mm |
| Thickness | 2.84 mm |
| Shape | Round |
| Technique | Milled |
| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
| Engraver(s) | Obverse: Thomas Shingles Reverse: Emanuel Otto Hahn |
| In circulation to | |
| Reference(s) | KM#54, Schön#55 |
| Obverse description | Bust of Queen Elizabeth II, as at 27 years of age, wearing a wreath, facing right. |
|---|---|
| Obverse script | Latin |
| Obverse lettering | ELIZABETH II DEI GRATIA REGINA (Translation: Elizabeth II Queen by the grace of God) |
| Reverse description | A voyageur and an aboriginal traveling by canoe, carrying bundles of which one bears the initials `HB` for Hudson`s Bay Company, are surrounded with the face value and the inscription `CANADA` |
| Reverse script | Latin |
| Reverse lettering | C A N A D A 1961 D O L L A R EH |
| Edge | Milled |
| Mint | |
| Mintage | 1953 - no shoulder fold, rounded rim - 1 074 578 1953 - with shoulder fold, flatted rim - 1954 - - 246 606 1955 - 11/2 water lines (`Arnprior`) and die break - 1955 - 3 water lines (normal) - 268 105 1955 - Arnprior, no die break - 1956 - - 209 092 1957 - 1 water line - 1957 - 3 water lines (normal) - 496 389 1959 - - 1 443 502 1960 - - 1 420 486 1961 - - 1 262 231 1962 - - 1 884 789 1963 - - 4 179 981 |
| Numisquare ID | 1978536390 |
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