50 cent — Canada (2015) — Celebrating Excellence

Special facts

Gilded copper 50 cents of 2015, “Celebrating Excellence”, designed by the Métis artist Christi Belcourt.

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: 2015

Other items of the period

• 2015
• 10 cent — The Bluenose KM# 1946
• 25 cent — Grizzly Bear KM# 1810
• 25 cent — Cinnamon Teal KM# 1947
• 25 cent — Haunted Canada: Brakeman KM# 1948
• 25 cent — Rock Rabbit KM# 1949
• 25 cent — Diwali Festival of Lights KM# 1950
• 25 cent — The Caribou KM# A1947
• 50 cent — 50th Anniversary of the Canadian Flag: Maple Leaf KM# 1842
• 50 cent — Coat of Arms KM# 1951
• 50 cent — Lobster KM# 1952
• 50 cent — Snowy Owl KM# 1953
• 50 cent — 3D Holiday Toy Box KM# 1954
• 50 cent — Celebrating Excellence KM# A1868
• 1 dollar — Fractional KM# 1801
• 1 dollar — Fractional KM# 1805
• 1 dollar — 50th Anniversary of the Canadian Flag KM# 1839.1
• 1 dollar — 50th anniversary of the Canadian Flag KM# 1839.2 Colored
• 1 dollar — Blue Jay KM# 1840
• 1 dollar — Wedding KM# 1847
• 1 dollar — Happy Birthday 2015 KM# 1848
• 1 dollar — O Canada Gift Set KM# 1849
• 1 dollar — Born Baby Gift Set KM# 1850
• 1 dollar — 100th Anniversary of "In Flanders Fields" Poem KM# 1853
• 1 dollar — Holiday Gift 2015 KM# 1955
• 1 dollar — Voyageur KM# 1956

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