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5 Cents - Elizabeth II The beaver
| Issuer | Royal Canadian Mint |
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| Year | 2016 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Obverse description | The obverse presents a right-facing effigy of Queen Elizabeth II, aged 77, uncrowned, wearing a necklace and earrings, as rendered by engraver Susan Taylor. The portrait is set against a decorative field featuring a recurring motif pattern. The legend 'ELIZABETH II D·G·REGINA' arcs around the upper periphery of the coin in Latin script. |
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| Obverse lettering | ELIZABETH II D·G·REGINA |
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This is a modern bullion-adjacent commemorative, part of the Royal Canadian Mint's ongoing program of oversized fine silver issues aimed squarely at the collector market rather than anything approaching circulation. The beaver five-cent denomination has a specific resonance: the small nickel five-cent piece it references replaced the silver wartime composition in 1953, the same year Elizabeth II's effigy first appeared on Canadian coinage.
At 157.6 grams of .9999 silver, the piece contains roughly five troy ounces — a deliberate specification the RCM has used across several collector kilo and fractional series.