25 cent — Canada (2013) — Prickly Pear Cactus

Special facts

The prickly pear, a cactus that grows in Canada too, on the large coloured 25 cents of 2013.

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: 2013

Other items of the period

• 2013
• 25 cent — Quetzalcoatlus KM# 1351
• 25 cent — Purple Coneflower and Eastern Tailed Blue KM# 1353
• 25 cent — Mallard KM# 1354
• 25 cent — O Canada KM# 1368
• 25 cent — American Robin KM# 1373
• 25 cent — Hummingbird KM# 1380
• 25 cent — Happy Birthday 2013 KM# 1419
• 25 cent — Wedding KM# 1420
• 25 cent — Coronation of Elizabeth II KM# 1432
• 25 cent — Barn Owl KM# 1443
• 25 cent — Birth of the Royal Infant KM# 1460
• 25 cent — Christmas KM# 1465
• 25 cent — Prickly Pear Cactus KM# 1491
• 25 cent — Tylosaurus Pembinensis KM# 1521
• 25 cent — Wood Duck KM# 1524
• 25 cent — Baby
• 50 cent — Bald Eagle KM# 1348
• 50 cent — Inuit Art KM# 1349
• 50 cent — Canadian Tiger Swallowtail KM# 1435
• 50 cent — Then and Now" Lenticular Coin KM# 1444
• 50 cent — Starfish KM# 1493
• 50 cent — Snowman KM# 1523
• 1 dollar — Blue-winged Teal KM# 1360 Specimen set
• 1 dollar — 100th Anniversary of the Canadian Arctic Expedition KM# 1387
• 1 dollar — 100th Anniversary of the Canadian Arctic Expedition KM# 1387a Gold plated

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