150 dollars — Canada (1994) — Sea Otter

Special facts

The sea otter, which cracks shells with a stone while floating on its back, on the platinum 150 dollars of 1994.

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

• 1993
• 100 dollars (1993) — Canada's first electronic car, the Featherstonhaugh KM# 245
• 150 dollars (1993) — Arctic fox KM# 242
• 200 dollars (1993) — RCMP KM# 244
• 300 dollars (1993) — Arctic fox KM# 243
• 1994
• 1 dollar (1994) — 25th Anniversary of the Last RCMP Northern Dog Team Patrol KM# 251
• 2 dollars (1994) — Gold Maple Leaf KM# 256
  3rd portrait
• 2 dollars (1994) — Platinum Maple Leaf KM# 257
  3rd portrait
• 20 dollars (1994) — Curtiss HS-2L Seaplane KM# 246
• 20 dollars (1994) — Canadian Vickers Vedette KM# 247
• 30 dollars (1994) — Sea Otter KM# 252
• 75 dollars (1994) — Sea Otter KM# 253
• 100 dollars (1994) — Home Front KM# 249
• 150 dollars (1994) — Sea Otter KM# 254
• 200 dollars (1994) — Anne of Green Gables KM# 250
• 300 dollars (1994) — Sea Otter KM# 255
• 1995
• 50 cent (1995) — Atlantic Puffin KM# 261
• 50 cent (1995) — Whooping Crane KM# 262
• 50 cent (1995) — Gray Jays KM# 263
• 50 cent (1995) — White-tailed Ptarmigans KM# 264
• 1 dollar (1995) — 325th Anniversary of the Hudson Bay Co KM# 259
• 20 dollars (1995) — Fleet 80 Cannuck KM# 271
• 20 dollars (1995) — DHC-1 Chipmunk KM# 272
• 30 dollars (1995) — Lynx KM# 266
• 75 dollars (1995) — Lynx KM# 267
• 100 dollars (1995) — Louisbourg KM# 260