25 Cents - Elizabeth II Armistice Day

Features

Location	Canada
Issuing entity	Royal Canadian Mint
Queen	Elizabeth II (1952-2022)
Type	Circulating commemorative coin
Year	2008
Value	25 Cents 0.25 CAD = USD 0.18
Currency	Canadian dollar (1858-date)
Composition	Nickel plated steel
Weight	4.4 g
Diameter	23.9 mm
Thickness	1.6 mm
Shape	Round
Technique	Milled, coloured
Orientation	Medal alignment ↑↑
Number	N# 4236
References	RCM/MRC# 103204, Monnaie Royale Canadienne (https://www.mint.ca/) RCM/MRC# 103845, Monnaie Royale Canadienne (https://www.mint.ca/) KM# 775, 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# 753 Gerhard Schön; 2022. Weltmünzkatalog / 20. Jahrhundert: 1901-2000 (47. Auflage). Battenberg Gietl Verlag, Regenstauf, Germany. And 2 more volumes.

Commemorative issue

Armistice Day

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 CANADA D·G·REGINA

Unabridged legend: ELIZABETH II DEI GRATIA REGINA

Translation: Elizabeth II Queen by the grace of God

Engraver: Susan Taylor

Designer: Susanna Blunt

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

The design is based on the earlier poppy coin, issued four years ago. In the middle of a maple leaf, a poppy, the symbol of remembrance of the sacrifice in World War I and other wars, is coloured in red - and surrounded with the legend "REMEMBER SOUVENIR", the face value and the inscription "ARMISTICE"

Script: Latin

Lettering:
1918 ARMISTICE 2008
25 Cents
REMEMBER
SOUVENIR
CS

Engraver: Stan Witten

Designer: Cosme Saffioti

Edge

Reeded

© Cyrillius

Mint

Royal Canadian Mint of Winnipeg, Canada (1976-date)

Comments

RCM#103204 Two-piece set Tomb of the Unknown Soldier 2008 and Poppy 2008
RCM#103845 Poppy in a bookmark

See also

• Flower
• War

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