25 cent — Canada (1965–1966)

Special facts

The 25 cents of 1965–1966 in 800 silver with Machin’s portrait.

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 these years: 1965, 1966

Other items of the period

• 5 cent
• 2006–2022 KM# 491 4th portrait; magnetic with RCM logo
• 10 cent
• 1953–1964 KM# 51 1st portrait
• 1965–1966 KM# 61 2nd portrait, silver (.800)
• 1968 KM# 72 2nd portrait; Nickel
• 1968 KM# 72 2nd portrait; silver (.500)
• 1969–1978 KM# 73 2nd portrait, Modified reverse
• 1979–1989 KM# 77 2nd portrait modified
• 1990–2000 KM# 183 3rd portrait
• 1999–2003 KM# 183 3rd portrait; plated
• 2003–2006 KM# 492 4th portrait
• 2006–2022 KM# 492 4th portrait with RCM logo
• 25 cent
• 1953–1964 KM# 52 1st portrait
• 1965–1966 KM# 62 2nd portrait, silver (.800)
• 1968–1978 KM# 62 2nd portrait, Nickel
• 1968 KM# 62 2nd portrait, silver (.500)
• 1979–1989 KM# 74 2nd portrait modified
• 1990–2001 KM# 184 3rd portrait
• 1999–2003 KM# 184 3rd portrait; plated
• 2003–2006 KM# 493 4th portrait
• 2006–2022 KM# 493 4th portrait; RCM logo
• 50 cent
• 1953–1958 KM# 53 1st portrait, simplified coat of arms
• 1959–1964 KM# 56 1st portrait, complete coat of arms
• 1965–1966 KM# 63 2nd portrait, silver
• 1968–1989 KM# 75 2nd portrait, Nickel
• 1977 KM# 75 2nd portrait, Modified reverse