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Title: 25 cents
Date: 2004
Object Name: coin
Classification: North American
Culture(s):
Canadian
Mint: North America, Canada
Technique: struck
Medium: steel, unspecified alloy, 94%; copper (CU), 3.8%; nickel plating, three-ply nickel finish plated steel, 2.2%
Dimensions: Coin: 23.81 mm, 12 O'Clock, 4.39 g (15/16 in., 12 O'Clock, 0.15 oz.)
Subject/Image: Obverse: Bust Elizabeth II right, head bare
Subject/Image: Reverse: Red poppy on maple leaf. Commemorative of Remembrance Day
Inscription: Obverse: ELIZABETH II D. G. REGINA P
Inscription: Reverse: CANADA 2004 25 CENTS REMEMBER SOUVENIR CS
Description: Bust of Queen Elizabeth II right, head bare, wearing earring, necklace of beads and drapery. P below bust. Inscription around from lower left to lower right. Inscription left and right around. / Maple leaf on which 25 CENTS at tip of central point of leaf, in center of leaf a circle in which a red poppy with black center on gray-white ground. Banner below on which REMEMBER SOUVENIR. Artist's initials CS below right end of banner. Inscription above with maple leaves either side of CANDA and after date.
Accession Number: NG.2011.3.10