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25 Cents - Elizabeth II Confederation
| Issuer | Royal Canadian Mint |
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| Year | 1992 |
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| Weight | 5.05 g |
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| Reverse description | A bold right-facing portrait of a caribou head, after the original design by Emanuel Otto Hahn, dominates the central field with the animal's impressive spread of antlers extending toward the upper rim. The denomination 25 CENTS is inscribed within the antlers at centre, while the Confederation commemorative dates 1867-1992 appear to the right of the neck. The country name CANADA arcs along the upper border. A small engraver's initial 'H' appears in the lower exergue, and a continuous reeded border frames the design. |
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| Mintage | 1992 - - 442,986 1992 - (fr) Proof Like - 217,597 1992 - Proof - 147,061 |
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The 1992 commemorative series marked 125 years of Canadian Confederation, with each of the twelve quarter designs assigned to a different province or territory. The program was a joint effort between the Royal Canadian Mint and Canada Post, which issued corresponding stamps — an unusual cross-agency collaboration for the period. Circulation figures ran into the hundreds of millions across the full series, and most Canadians encountered these in everyday change throughout the anniversary year.
The nickel-plated steel composition replaced the pure nickel used in earlier quarters, a cost-driven transition the Mint had been moving toward since the late 1980s.