CANADA
KM 52 |
SHORT COINS ENCYCLOPAEDIA |
Face Value | Diameter mm | Weight g | Thickness mm | Edge | Composition | Rotation |
25 cents | 23.8 | 5.83 | Reeded | 0.800 Silver | Medal |
Obverse | Reverse | ||
The inscriptions along the rim: title of Queen. In the center - effigy of queen Elizabeth II right (young portrait). Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary, born 21 April 1926) became Queen of the United Kingdom on 6 February 1952. |
Inscriptions along the rim: title of state, the year of minting. In the center - face value, image of caribou. The reindeer (Rangifer tarandus), also known as the caribou when wild in North America, widespread and numerous across the northern Holarctic. |