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50 Cents - Elizabeth II WWII - Battle of Scheldt
| Issuer | Royal Canadian Mint |
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| Year | 2005 |
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| Thickness | 2.1 mm |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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The Battle of the Scheldt, fought October–November 1944, was a grueling Canadian-led campaign to clear the Scheldt Estuary and open the port of Antwerp to Allied supply ships. Despite Antwerp having fallen largely intact in early September, the approach remained blocked for nearly three months — a strategic failure that General Eisenhower later acknowledged had prolonged the war. First Canadian Army bore the brunt of the fighting through flooded polders, dikes, and the heavily fortified South Beveland causeway, suffering over 6,000 casualties before the estuary was finally cleared on November 28.