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25 Cents - Elizabeth II Ingenuity
| Issuer | Royal Canadian Mint |
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| Year | 2000 |
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| Diameter | 23.8 mm |
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| Obverse description | Right-facing crowned effigy of Queen Elizabeth II after the portrait by Dora de Pédery-Hunt, depicting the Queen at approximately 64 years of age. The Queen is shown wearing the George IV State Diadem, a necklace, and drop earrings, rendered in a refined medallic style. The legend ELIZABETH II D·G·REGINA arcs along the upper periphery, while the denomination 25 CENTS is inscribed across the lower field. |
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| Obverse lettering | ELIZABETH II D·G·REGINA 25 CENTS (Translation: Elizabeth II Queen by the grace of God) |
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The Ingenuity quarter was one of twelve designs issued throughout 2000 as part of Canada's Millennium Series, each month assigned a different theme celebrating aspects of Canadian identity. The program was an unusually ambitious circulation project — twelve distinct reverse designs within a single calendar year on a single denomination — and collectively the series saw mintages in the hundreds of millions, ensuring most Canadians encountered them in everyday change.
The nickel composition used here was already on borrowed time; Canada would begin transitioning quarter production to multi-ply plated steel within a few years as raw material costs climbed.