1 dollar — Canada (1958) — 100th Anniversary of British Columbia

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Special facts

A silver dollar of 1958 for the centenary of the colony of British Columbia: the reverse shows a totem pole against the mountains, designed by Stephen Trenka. The coin was nicknamed the “death dollar”, as some coastal peoples raised such poles in memory of the dead.

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 coins of the period

• 1958
• 1 dollar (1958) — 100th Anniversary of British Columbia KM# 55
• 1964
• 1 dollar (1964) — 100th Anniversary of Charlottetown & Quebec Conferences KM# 58
• 1967
• 1 cent (1967) — Rock dove KM# 65
• 5 cent (1967) — Rabbit KM# 66
• 10 cent (1967) — Mackerel KM# 67
  80% silver
• 10 cent (1967) — Mackerel KM# 67
  50% silver
• 25 cent (1967) — Lynx KM# 68
  80% silver
• 25 cent (1967) — Lynx KM# 68
  50% silver
• 50 cent (1967) — Wolf KM# 69
• 1 dollar (1967) — Canada goose KM# 70
• 1970
• 1 dollar (1970) — 100th Anniversary of the Accession of Manitoba KM# 78
• 1971
• 1 dollar (1971) — 100th Anniversary of the Accession of British Columbia KM# 79
• 1973
• 25 cent (1973) — 100th Anniversary of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) KM# 81
• 1 dollar (1973) — 100th Anniversary of the Accession of Prince Edward Island KM# 82
• 1974
• 1 dollar (1974) — 100th Anniversary of Winnipeg KM# 88
• 1982
• 1 dollar (1982) — Constitution Acts of 1867 & 1982 KM# 134
• 1984
• 1 dollar (1984) — 450th Anniversary of Cartier's Landing at Gaspé Peninsula KM# 141
• 1992
• 1 cent (1992) — Maple twig KM# 204
• 5 cent (1992) — Beaver KM# 205
• 10 cent (1992) — Bluenose KM# 206
• 25 cent (1992) — Caribou Charlton# RC-614
  Mule
• 25 cent (1992) — New Brunswick KM# 203
• 25 cent (1992) — Northwest Territories KM# 212
• 25 cent (1992) — Newfoundland KM# 213
• 25 cent (1992) — Manitoba KM# 214