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50 Cents - Elizabeth II Peary Caribou
| Issuer | Royal Canadian Mint |
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| Year | 2019 |
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| Weight | 6.9 g |
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| Obverse description | The obverse bears the fourth definitive effigy of Queen Elizabeth II by Susanna Blunt, depicting the monarch as a mature sovereign facing right, bareheaded, wearing a necklace and drop earrings. The legend ELIZABETH II D•G•REGINA arcs along the upper periphery in Latin script, while the denomination 50 CENTS appears in the lower field. The initials SB, denoting the engraver Susanna Blunt, are present near the truncation of the portrait. |
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| Obverse lettering | ELIZABETH II D•G•REGINA SB 50 CENTS (Translation: Elizabeth II Queen by the grace of God) |
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The Peary caribou — the subspecies depicted on this coin — was listed as endangered under Canada's Species at Risk Act in 2011, its population having collapsed to fewer than 700 individuals across the High Arctic archipelago. The Royal Canadian Mint has periodically revisited the fifty-cent denomination for wildlife and commemorative issues partly because the coin sees almost no circulation, making it an effective vehicle for collector programs with minimal interference from actual monetary use.