25 cent — Canada (2011) — Orca

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Special facts

The orca in colour on the 25 cents of 2011 from the series “Canada’s Legendary Nature”, 6.25 million coins.

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

• 2009
• 25 cent (2009) — Speed Skating KM# 842
• 25 cent (2009) — Sledge Hockey KM# 952
• 1 dollar (2009) — 100th Anniversary of the Montreal Canadiens KM# 864
• 2010
• 25 cent (2010) — 65th Anniversary of the End of World War II KM# 1028
• 1 dollar (2010) — 100th Anniversary of the Royal Canadian Navy KM# 1017
• 1 dollar (2010) — 100th Anniversary of the Saskatchewan Roughriders KM# 1046
• 1 dollar (2010) — Olympic Lucky Loonie 2010 KM# 883
• 2011
• 25 cent (2011) — Wood Bison KM# 1168
  Regular finish
• 25 cent (2011) — Wood Bison KM# 1168
  Coloured
• 25 cent (2011) — Peregrine Falcon KM# 1169
  Coloured
• 25 cent (2011) — Peregrine Falcon KM# 1169
  Regular finish
• 25 cent (2011) — Orca KM# 1170
  Regular finish
• 25 cent (2011) — Orca KM# 1170
  Coloured
• 1 dollar (2011) — Centenary of Parks Canada KM# 1166
• 2 dollars (2011) — 100th Anniversary of Parks Canada KM# 1167
• 2012
• 25 cent (2012) — Sir Isaac Brock KM# 1322
  Coloured
• 25 cent (2012) — Sir Isaac Brock KM# 1322
  Regular finish
• 25 cent (2012) — Tecumseh KM# 1324
  Coloured
• 25 cent (2012) — Tecumseh KM# 1324
  Regular finish
• 2012–2014
• 1 dollar (2012–2014) — Lucky Loonie 2012-2014 KM# 1256
• 2012
• 1 dollar (2012) — 100th Grey Cup KM# 1294
• 2 dollars (2012) — HMS Shannon KM# 1258
• 2013
• 25 cent (2013) — Canadian Arctic Expedition KM# 1547
• 25 cent (2013) — Laura Secord KM# 1700
  Coloured
• 25 cent (2013) — Laura Secord KM# 1700
  Regular finish