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50 Cents - Elizabeth II Blue Whale
| Issuer | Royal Canadian Mint |
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| Year | 1998 |
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| Currency | Dollar (1858-date) |
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| Obverse description | Right-facing effigy of Queen Elizabeth II wearing the Girls of Great Britain and Ireland tiara, pearl drop earrings, and a pearl necklace, as executed by Dora de Pédery-Hunt. The portrait is rendered in high relief against a mirror-polished proof field, with fine bead border encircling the design. The legend ELIZABETH II arcs along the left rim, while D•G•REGINA curves along the right, identifying the sovereign by her Latin royal title. |
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| Reverse lettering | Balaenoptera musculus CANADA 50 CENTS 1998 |
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This coin is part of the Royal Canadian Mint's 50-cent sterling silver wildlife series launched in the late 1990s, a program that ran through multiple animal subjects and attracted a collector base almost entirely separate from circulation coinage — the denomination had been effectively absent from everyday Canadian commerce for years by this point. The blue whale issue appeared the same year Canada was deepening its commitments under the Species at Risk program, though the coin itself predates the formal Species at Risk Act by four years.