Issued for the Golden Jubilee year of Elizabeth II's accession, this coin was released as part of Canada Day celebrations in 2002 — the same year the Royal Canadian Mint rolled out a series of twelve commemorative quarters cycling through the calendar year. The transition to nickel-plated steel from pure nickel had been completed just years earlier, driven by rising base metal costs and the need to reduce production expense on high-volume circulation issues.
The 2002 Canada Day quarter saw wide distribution through retail channels rather than collector sets, meaning genuine uncirculated examples are less common than the mintage figures suggest.
Issued for the Golden Jubilee year of Elizabeth II's accession, this coin was released as part of Canada Day celebrations in 2002 — the same year the Royal Canadian Mint rolled out a series of twelve commemorative quarters cycling through the calendar year. The transition to nickel-plated steel from pure nickel had been completed just years earlier, driven by rising base metal costs and the need to reduce production expense on high-volume circulation issues.
The 2002 Canada Day quarter saw wide distribution through retail channels rather than collector sets, meaning genuine uncirculated examples are less common than the mintage figures suggest.