25 Cents - Elizabeth II Heraldic emblems of Prince Edward Island

Part of the Royal Canadian Mint's ongoing provincial and territorial series, this issue marks the 145th anniversary of Prince Edward Island's entry into Confederation — a union the island resisted for six years after the original 1867 act, finally joining in 1873 largely on the condition that Ottawa fund a fixed steam communication link to the mainland. That demand eventually produced the Confederation Bridge, completed in 1997.