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5 Dollars - Elizabeth II Guglielmo Marconi
| Issuer | Royal Canadian Mint |
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| Year | 2001 |
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| Value | 5 Dollars |
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| Obverse description | Right-facing effigy of Queen Elizabeth II wearing a diadem and pearl necklace, as designed by Dora de Pédery-Hunt. The legend DOLLARS CANADA arcs along the left periphery and ELIZABETH II along the right, with 5 appearing vertically at the lower left. The date 2001 is inscribed in the lower exergue. The portrait is rendered in high relief against a mirrored proof field. |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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This piece belongs to Canada's Transportation series, which the Royal Canadian Mint ran through the late 1990s and early 2000s to mark figures whose work shaped how people and signals moved across distance. Marconi's inclusion is defensible on Canadian grounds: it was at Signal Hill in St. John's, Newfoundland, that he received the first transatlantic wireless transmission in December 1901, making Canadian soil the terminus of that experiment.
The Newfoundland connection is often understated. Marconi chose the site partly for its elevation and exposure to Atlantic airflow, and partly because the British Post Office had already rejected him.