15 dollars — Canada (2008) — Queen Victoria

Special facts

Queen Victoria in high relief on the silver 15 dollars of 2008, Leonard Wyon’s portrait from Canada’s first 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

Coins and banknotes of this year: 2008

Other items of the period

• 2008
• 1 dollar — Common Eider KM# 784
• 1 dollar — 400th anniversary of Québec City: Quebec City KM# 785
• 1 dollar — 400th Anniversary of Quebec City KM# 785a Gold plating
• 1 dollar — Olympic Lucky Loonie 2008 KM# 787a
• 1 dollar — Montreal Canadiens KM# 792
• 1 dollar — Ottawa Senators KM# 793
• 1 dollar — Vancouver Canucks KM# 795
• 1 dollar — Gold Louis KM# 834
• 4 dollars — Triceratops KM# 797
• 5 dollars — Silver Maple Leaf KM# 798 2nd portrait
• 5 dollars — 2010 Vancouver Olympic Games: Maple leaf and Inukshuk KM# 800
• 15 dollars — Year of the Rat KM# 801
• 15 dollars — Queen Victoria KM# 803
• 15 dollars — King Edward VII KM# 804
• 15 dollars — King George V KM# 805
• 15 dollars — Queen of Spades KM# 806
• 15 dollars — Original work by Henry Beau: Jack of Hearts KM# 807
• 20 dollars — Agriculture Trade KM# 808
• 20 dollars — Royal Hudson KM# 809
• 20 dollars — Crystal Raindrop KM# 810
• 20 dollars — Amethyst Crystal Snowflake KM# 811
• 20 dollars — Holiday Carols KM# 813
• 20 dollars — Sapphire Crystal Snowflake KM# 872
• 25 dollars — 2010 Winter Olympics, Vancouver: Bobsleigh KM# 814
• 25 dollars — Figure Skating KM# 815

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