1 cent — Canada (2003) — Coronation anniversary: First Elizabeth II effigy

Special facts

A copper cent of 2003 with the queen’s first portrait by Mary Gillick, from the set for the 50th anniversary of the coronation.

About the period

The coins of Elizabeth II were struck from 1953 to 2022, almost seventy years in which four portraits of the queen succeeded one another: by Mary Gillick (1953–1964), Arnold Machin (1965–1989), Dora de Pédery-Hunt (1990–2003), the first portrait by a Canadian sculptor, and Susanna Blunt (from 2003). More about the period “Elizabeth II”, 1952 — 2022

Coins and banknotes of this year: 2003

Other items of the period

• 2002
• 20 dollars — William D. Lawrence KM# 465
• 20 dollars — Hologram Maple Leaf
• 30 dollars — Great Blue Heron KM# 1097
• 50 dollars — Hologram Maple Leaf
• 75 dollars — Great Blue Heron KM# 1098
• 100 dollars — Leduc Oil KM# 452
• 150 dollars — Great Blue Heron KM# 1099
• 150 dollars — Year of the Horse KM# 604
• 200 dollars — Jack Pine KM# 466
• 300 dollars — Great Blue Heron KM# 1100
• 300 dollars — Portraits KM# 501
• 350 dollars — Wild Rose KM# 502
• 2003
• 1 cent — Coronation anniversary: First Elizabeth II effigy KM# 468
• 1 cent — Maple Twig Design KM# 490b 3rd portrait
• 5 cent — Golden Jubilee KM# 469
• 10 cent — Golden Jubilee KM# 470
• 25 cent — Golden Jubilee KM# 471
• 25 cent — Canada Day KM# 474
• 50 cent — Golden Jubilee KM# 472
• 50 cent — Golden Daffodil KM# 475
• 50 cent — Yukon Story Telling Festival KM# 476
• 50 cent — Acadian festival of Caraquet KM# 477
• 50 cent — Return to Batoche - Saskatchewan KM# 478
• 50 cent — Great Northern Art Festival KM# 479
• 1 dollar — 100th Anniversary of the Cobalt Silver Discovery KM# 450

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