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50 Cents - Elizabeth II Jean Beliveau
| Issuer | Royal Canadian Mint |
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| Year | 2005 |
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| Weight | 9.3 g |
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| Obverse description | Right-facing effigy of Queen Elizabeth II, depicted at approximately 77 years of age, with bare head, wearing a necklace and earrings. The portrait is executed in a refined, naturalistic style by engraver Susan Taylor. The legend ELIZABETH II arcs above the effigy, while CANADA and the denomination 50 CENTS appear in the field. |
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| Reverse description | Central depiction of hockey legend Jean Béliveau wearing jersey number 4, shown in dynamic skating pose. The iconic crest of the Montreal Canadiens hockey club appears to the left of the figure along with the date 2005. The composition celebrates Béliveau's storied career with the Montreal Canadiens, with the player's name and jersey number inscribed in the legend around the central design. |
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Issued the year Béliveau turned 74, this coin appeared well into his retirement — he had walked away from the Canadiens' front office in 1993 after decades first as a player, then as an executive. The Royal Canadian Mint's sports celebrity series of the mid-2000s produced several such issues, though Béliveau's remains among the more restrained choices: a man who won the Stanley Cup ten times as a player and twice more as an executive, and who twice declined offers of the Governor General's appointment.