25 Cents - Elizabeth II Wisdom; silver

Features

Issuer Canada
Queen Elizabeth II (1952-2022)
Type Non-circulating coin
Year 2000
Value 25 Cents
0.25 CAD = USD 0.18
Currency Dollar (1858-date)
Composition Silver (.925)
Weight 5.9 g
Diameter 23.9 mm
Thickness 1.7 mm
Shape Round
Technique Milled
Orientation Medal alignment ↑↑
Number
N#
11693
References Ch# RC-641,
Mark Drake (editor); 2022. A Charlton Standard Catalogue / Volume 1. Canadian Coins : Numismatic issues (75th edition). Charlton Press, Kitchener, Ontario, Canada.
And 1 more volumes.
KM# 378a
Tracy L. Schmidt (editor); 2019. Standard Catalog of World Coins / 2001-Date (14th edition). Krause Publications, Stevens Point, Wisconsin, United States.
And 5 more volumes.

Commemorative issue

The entry into the third millennium series - Wisdom

Series: CAN:The Entry into the Third Millennium

Obverse

Head of Queen Elizabeth II, as at 64 years of age, wearing the royal diadem, necklace, and earrings, facing right.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
ELIZABETH II D·G·REGINA
25 CENTS

Unabridged legend: ELIZABETH II DEI GRATIA REGINA

Translation: Elizabeth II Queen by the grace of God

Engraver: Ago Aarand

Designer: Dora de Pédery-Hunt

Reverse

An elderly person, representing the last millennium and sharing at daylight the Canadian heritage, symbolized by the maple leaf, with the new millennium, embodied by youth is surrounded with the bilingual inscriptions "CANADA" and "WISDOM 2000 SAGESSE"

Script: Latin

Lettering:
WISDOM 2000 SAGESSE
CANADA
CS

Engraver: Cosme Saffioti

Designer: Cezar Serbanescu

Edge

Milled

Mint

Royal Canadian Mint of Ottawa, Canada (1908-date)

Comments

In order / dans l'ordre

Pride/Fierté
Ingenuity/Ingéniosité
Achievement/Réalisation
Health/Santé
Natural legacy/Patrimoine naturel
Harmony/Harmonie
Celebration/Célébration
Family/Famille
Wisdom/sagesse
Creativity/Créativité
Freedom/Liberté
Community/Communauté

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Date Mintage VG F VF XF AU UNC
2000  76 956 $ 8.00 Proof

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Country: Canada
Languages: French
Numista Rarity index: 67 Search tips
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Bullion value: USD 4.41 Search tips
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