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50 Cents - Elizabeth II Clouded Sulphur Butterfly
| Issuer | Royal Canadian Mint |
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| Year | 2004 |
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| Engraver(s) | Susan Taylor |
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| Obverse description | Right-facing effigy of Queen Elizabeth II as depicted by the Dora de Pédery-Hunt portrait, showing the Queen at approximately 77 years of age, bare-headed, wearing a necklace and drop earrings. The legend ELIZABETH II arcs above the effigy, while CANADA and 50 CENTS appear in the lower field. The portrait is rendered in fine relief against a mirror-polished proof field. |
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| Reverse description | A naturalistic depiction of a Clouded Sulphur butterfly (Colias philodice) rendered in selective gold coloring, shown with wings folded and perched upon a white clover blossom in the right field. Additional clover flowers and trifoliate leaves fill the lower register, all finely engraved in high relief against a mirror proof field. The date 2004 appears in the upper field above the butterfly, and the engraver's initials ST are incused in the lower right field. The butterfly's wing venation and markings are rendered with exceptional botanical and entomological accuracy. |
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| Mintage | 2004 - Proof - 15,281 |
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