5 cent — Canada (1953–1954)

Special facts

The chromium-plated steel 5 cents of 1953–1954, twelve-sided, as nickel was then needed for the Korean War.

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 these years: 1953, 1954

Other items of the period

• 1 cent
• 1953–1964 KM# 49 1st portrait
• 1965–1978 KM# 59 2nd portrait
• 1979 KM# 59 2nd portrait modified
• 1980–1981 KM# 127 2nd portrait modified; reduced weight
• 1982–1989 KM# 132 2nd portrait, 12 sided
• 1990–1996 KM# 181 3rd portrait, 12 sided
• 1997–2003 KM# 289 3rd portrait
• 1999–2003 KM# 289 3rd portrait; magnetic
• 2003–2006 KM# 490 4th portrait; non-magnetic
• 2003–2006 KM# 490 4th portrait; magnetic
• 2006–2012 KM# 490 4th portrait; magnetic with RCM logo
• 2006–2012 KM# 490 4th portrait; non-magnetic with RCM logo
• 5 cent
• 1953–1954 KM# 50 1st portrait, steel
• 1955–1962 KM# 50 1st portrait, nickel
• 1963–1964 KM# 57 1st portrait; round
• 1965–1978 KM# 60 2nd portrait
• 1979–1981 KM# 60 2nd portrait modified
• 1982–1989 KM# 60 2nd portrait; Copper-nickel
• 1990–2001 KM# 182 3rd portrait
• 1999–2003 KM# 182 3rd portrait; magnetic
• 2003–2006 KM# 491 4th portrait; magnetic
• 2006 KM# 491 4th portrait; non-magnetic
• 2006–2022 KM# 491 4th portrait; magnetic with RCM logo
• 10 cent
• 1953–1964 KM# 51 1st portrait
• 1965–1966 KM# 61 2nd portrait, silver (.800)