25 cent — Canada (1999) — December (This is Canada)

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Special facts

December in the 1999 series “The History of Canada through the Second Millennium”, “This Is Canada”, designed by Pierre Provencher; the twelve coins came out one a month, with designs chosen from drawings sent in by Canadians.

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

• 1999
• 25 cent (1999) — February (Etched in Stone) KM# 343
• 25 cent (1999) — March (The Log Drive) KM# 344
• 25 cent (1999) — April (Our Northern Heritage) KM# 345
• 25 cent (1999) — May (Les Voyageurs) KM# 346
• 25 cent (1999) — June (From Coast to Coast) KM# 347
• 25 cent (1999) — July (A Nation of People) KM# 348
• 25 cent (1999) — August (The Pioneer Spirit) KM# 349
• 25 cent (1999) — September (Canada Through a Child’s Eye) KM# 350
• 25 cent (1999) — September (Canada Through a Child’s Eye) KM# 350
  Mule
• 25 cent (1999) — October (A Tribute to First Nations) KM# 351
• 25 cent (1999) — November (The Airplane Opens the North) KM# 352
  Mule
• 25 cent (1999) — November (The Airplane Opens the North) KM# 352
• 25 cent (1999) — December (This is Canada) KM# 353
• 2 dollars (1999) — Creation of the Territory of Nunavut Charlton# RC-148c
  Mule
• 2 dollars (1999) — Creation of the Territory of Nunavut KM# 357
• 2000
• 25 cent (2000) — Health KM# 373
• 25 cent (2000) — Freedom KM# 374
• 25 cent (2000) — Family KM# 375
• 25 cent (2000) — Community KM# 376
• 25 cent (2000) — Harmony KM# 377
• 25 cent (2000) — Wisdom KM# 378
• 25 cent (2000) — Creativity KM# 379
• 25 cent (2000) — Ingenuity KM# 380
• 25 cent (2000) — Achievement KM# 381
• 25 cent (2000) — Natural Legacy KM# 382