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50 Cents - Elizabeth II Silvery Blue Butterfly
| Issuer | Royal Canadian Mint |
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| Year | 2006 |
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| Value | 50 Cents |
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| Obverse description | Right-facing effigy of Queen Elizabeth II, depicted at approximately 77 years of age, bare-headed and uncrowned, wearing a necklace and drop earrings. The portrait, executed in the style of the Machin-influenced mature effigy, is set within a plain field. The legend ELIZABETH II arcs above, while CANADA and 50 CENTS appear in the lower field, all in Latin script. |
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| Mintage | 2006 - (fr) Épreuve numismatique - 24,568 |
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Issued under the Royal Canadian Mint's coloured coin program, which had been running since the 1999 holly 25-cent piece that pioneered selective color application on circulating-format coins. By 2006 the butterfly subseries had become one of the more commercially successful natural history sets the Mint produced, with individual releases selling out well before their official close dates.