50 cent — Canada (1996) — Wood Ducklings

Special facts

Wood ducklings on the 50 cents of 1996: hatched in a tree hollow, they jump from a height to the ground.

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: 1996

Other items of the period

• 1995
• 20 dollars — DHC-1 Chipmunk KM# 272
• 30 dollars — Lynx KM# 266
• 75 dollars — Lynx KM# 267
• 100 dollars — Louisbourg KM# 260
• 150 dollars — Canada's endangered species: Lynx KM# 268
• 200 dollars — Sugar Bush KM# 265
• 300 dollars — Lynx KM# 269
• 1996–2003
• 5 cent KM# 182a 3rd portrait; Silver
• 10 cent KM# 183a 3rd portrait; 3rd Portrait; Silver
• 25 cent KM# 184a 3rd portrait; Silver
• 1996
• 50 cent KM# 185a 3rd portrait; Silver
• 50 cent — Moose Calf KM# 283
• 50 cent — Wood Ducklings KM# 284
• 50 cent — Cougar Kittens KM# 285
• 50 cent — Black Bear Cubs KM# 286
• 1 dollar — 200th Anniversary of the McIntosh Apple KM# 274
• 2 dollars — 3rd portrait; Gold center KM# 270a Gold center; 3rd portrait
• 1996–2003
• 2 dollars — 3rd portrait; Maple leaf logo KM# 270c 3rd portrait
• 1996
• 20 dollars — CF-100 Canuck KM# 276
• 20 dollars — CF-105 Avro Arrow KM# 277
• 30 dollars — Canada's endangered species: Peregrine Falcon KM# 278
• 75 dollars — Canada's endangered species: Peregrine Falcon KM# 279
• 100 dollars — Klondike Gold Rush Centennial KM# 273
• 150 dollars — Canada's endangered species: Peregrine Falcon KM# 280
• 200 dollars — Transcontinental Landscape KM# 275

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