5 cent — Canada (1955–1962)

Special facts

The nickel twelve-sided 5 cents of 1955–1962 with the first portrait; 47.9 million in 1961.

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

Other items of the period

• 1 cent
• 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)
• 1968 KM# 72 2nd portrait; Nickel