50 cent — Canada (1997) — Labrador Retriever

Special facts

A Labrador retriever on the 50 cents of 1997, a breed whose ancestors helped the fishermen of Newfoundland.

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

• 1996
• 20 dollars (1996) — CF-100 Canuck KM# 276
• 20 dollars (1996) — CF-105 Avro Arrow KM# 277
• 30 dollars (1996) — Canada's endangered species: Peregrine Falcon KM# 278
• 75 dollars (1996) — Canada's endangered species: Peregrine Falcon KM# 279
• 100 dollars (1996) — Klondike Gold Rush Centennial KM# 273
• 150 dollars (1996) — Canada's endangered species: Peregrine Falcon KM# 280
• 200 dollars (1996) — Transcontinental Landscape KM# 275
• 300 dollars (1996) — Canada's endangered species: Peregrine Falcon KM# 281
• 1997–2003
• 1 cent (1997–2003) — 3rd portrait; bronze Charlton# RC-204
  3rd portrait
• 1997
• 10 cent (1997) — The 500th Anniversary of Caboto's First Transatlantic Voyage KM# 299
• 1997–2003
• 50 cent (1997–2003) KM# 290
  3rd portrait; Silver
• 1997
• 50 cent (1997) — Duck Tolling Retriever KM# 292
• 50 cent (1997) — Labrador Retriever KM# 293
• 50 cent (1997) — Newfoundland KM# 294
• 50 cent (1997) — Eskimo Dog KM# 295
• 1 dollar (1997) — 25th Anniversary of Hockey Victory KM# 282
• 1 dollar (1997) — 10th Anniversary of Loonie Dollar: Flying Loon KM# 291
• 1 dollar (1997) — 10th Anniversary of Loonie Dollar KM# 296
• 20 dollars (1997) — Canadair F-86 Sabre KM# 297
• 20 dollars (1997) — Canadair CT-114 Tutor KM# 298
• 30 dollars (1997) — Canada's endangered species: Wood Bison KM# 300
• 50 dollars (1997) — Royal Canadian Mounted Police Anniversary KM# 305
• 75 dollars (1997) — Canada's endangered species: Wood Bison KM# 301
• 100 dollars (1997) — 150th anniversary of Bell's birth: Alexander Graham Bell KM# 287
• 150 dollars (1997) — Canada's endangered species: Wood Bison KM# 302