50 cent — Canada (2005) — Great Sprangled Fritillary

Special facts

A great spangled fritillary in colour on the silver 50 cents of 2005.

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: 2005

Other items of the period

• 2004
• 100 dollars — 50th Anniversary of St. Lawrence Seaway: St-Laurent KM# 528
• 150 dollars — Grizzly bear KM# 1107
• 150 dollars — Year of the Monkey KM# 614
• 200 dollars — Fragmented Face KM# 516
• 300 dollars — Grizzly bear KM# 1108
• 300 dollars — Portraits KM# 517
• 350 dollars — Yukon Fireweed Charlton# RC-3256
• 2005
• 5 cent — 60th Anniversary of WWII Victory KM# 758
• 25 cent — World War II KM# 529
• 25 cent — Canada Day KM# 531
• 25 cent — Teddy Bear KM# 533
• 50 cent — Golden Rose KM# 536
• 50 cent — Great Sprangled Fritillary KM# 537
• 50 cent — Darryl Sittler KM# 538
• 50 cent — Dave Keon KM# 539
• 50 cent — Johnny Bower KM# 540
• 50 cent — Tim Horton KM# 541
• 50 cent — 1/25th oz. Gold Coin: Voyageurs KM# 542
• 50 cent — WWII - Battle of Britain KM# 543
• 50 cent — WWII - Battle of Scheldt KM# 544
• 50 cent — WWII - Battle of the Atlantic KM# 545
• 50 cent — WWII - Battle of Sicily KM# 546
• 50 cent — WWII - Liberation of the Netherlands KM# 547
• 50 cent — 60th anniversary of the end of WWII: WWII - Raid of Dieppe KM# 548
• 50 cent — Guy Lafleur KM# 577

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