Location Canada

Issuing entity Royal Canadian Mint

Queen Elizabeth II (1952-2022)

Type Standard circulation coin

Years 1955-1962

Value 5 Cents

0.05 CAD = EUR 0.034

Currency Canadian dollar (1858-date)

Composition Nickel

Weight 4.54 g

Diameter 21.234 mm

Thickness 1.70 mm

Shape Dodecagonal (12-sided)

Technique Milled

Orientation Medal alignment ↑↑

Obverse

Bust of Queen Elizabeth II, as at 27 years of age, wearing a wreath, facing right.

Script: Latin

Lettering:

ELIZABETH II DEI GRATIA REGINA

M·G·

Unabridged legend: ELIZABETH II DEI GRATIA REGINA

Translation: Elizabeth II Queen by the grace of God

Engraver: Thomas Shingles Read

Designer: Mary Gillick

Reverse

A beaver, over the inscription "CANADA", is surrounded with the face value, flanked on both sides by a maple leaf

Script: Latin

Lettering:

5 CENTS

K·G

CANADA

1961

Engraver: Thomas Shingles Read

Designer: George Kruger Gray

Edge

Smooth