5 Cents - Elizabeth II Victory Anniversary

5 Cents - Elizabeth II (Victory Anniversary) - obverse5 Cents - Elizabeth II (Victory Anniversary) - reverse

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Features

Location Canada
Issuing entity Royal Canadian Mint
Queen Elizabeth II (1952-2022)
Type Circulating commemorative coin
Year 2005
Value 5 Cents
0.05 CAD = USD 0.037
Currency Canadian dollar (1858-date)
Composition Nickel plated steel
Weight 3.95 g
Diameter 21.2 mm
Thickness 1.76 mm
Shape Round
Technique Milled
Orientation Medal alignment ↑↑
Number N# 394
References KM# 627,
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.
Schön# 588
Gerhard Schön; 2022. Weltmünzkatalog / 20. Jahrhundert: 1901-2000 (47. Auflage). Battenberg Gietl Verlag, Regenstauf, Germany.
And 2 more volumes.

Commemorative issue

Canadian Military History (5th edition) - 60th Anniversary of the Victory in Europe

Obverse

Head of Queen Elizabeth II, as at 77 years of age, bare headed, wearing necklace and earrings, facing right.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
ELIZABETH II D•G•REGINA
P

Unabridged legend: ELIZABETH II DEI GRATIA REGINA

Translation:
Elizabeth II Queen by the grace of God
P=Plated

Engraver: Susan Taylor

Susan Taylor is a Canadian sculptor who serves as Senior Engraver for the Royal Canadian Mint (RCM). Rewarded by multiple prizes, she is vice-delegate of the International Art Medal Federation and was president of the Medallic Art Society of Canada.

Designer: Susanna Blunt Read more on Wikipedia

Susanna Blunt is a Canadian portrait artist who designed the most recent portrait of Queen Elizabeth II on the current Canadian coinage, which began in 2003. She was born in Harbin, China, the daughter of an English banker. Blunt started her studies at the Banff School of Fine Arts as a young teenager.

Reverse

Reproduction of a coin struck from 1943 till 1945: a central "V", meaning both victory and the value with the inscription "CENTS" underneath flanked by two maple leaves, on which is superimposed a torch, with the country name above, on the left the date "1945" and on the right "2005"

Script: Latin

Lettering: V CENTS CANADA 1945 2005 TS

Designer: Thomas Shingles Read more on Wikipedia

Thomas Shingles, born 1903 in Birmingham and died 1984, was the Master Engraver of the Royal Canadian Mint from 1943 until his retirement. Shingles was responsible for several of the images on Canadian coinage, including the Second World War V-variant nickel, which he designed in 1943 at the behest of Mint staff. Although most coin designs are done at full size and then reduced via a pantograph, Shingles chose to produce this design in miniature. Other designs by Shingles include the 1959 updating of the 50 cent piece to include the Canadian coat of arms. He also designed the majority of Canadian commemorative coinage during his tenure as Master Engraver. Shingles retired from the Mint in 1965, but continued to work as a freelance artist. In 1970, he won a contest to design the 1971 Canadian dollar coin.

Edge

Smooth

Mint

Royal Canadian Mint, Winnipeg, Canada

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2005  59 258 000 $ 0.04 $ 0.20 $ 0.46 $ 0.52 $ 1.10

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