5 dollars — Canada (1988–1989) — Platinum Maple Leaf
KM# 164
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Special facts
The tenth-ounce Platinum Maple Leaf, 5 dollars; Canada began its platinum series in 1988.
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: 1988, 1989
Specifications
- Period
- Elizabeth II
- Currency
- 1 dollar = 100 cent
- Issue type
- Collector
- Distinguishing feature
- 1/10 oz. Platinum Bullion Coinage; 2nd portrait
- Metal
- Platinum
- Fineness
- 999.5
- Precious metal weight
- 3.108 g
- Diameter
- 16.0 mm
- Thickness
- 1.01 mm
- Weight
- 3.11 g
- Shape
- Round
- Orientation
- Medal (↑↑)
Other items of the period
- 1986
- 20 dollars — 1988 Winter Olympics, Calgary: Cross-country Skiing KM# 150
- 20 dollars — 1988 Winter Olympics, Calgary: Free-style Skiing KM# 151
- 1986–1989
- 20 dollars — Gold Maple Leaf KM# 153 2nd portrait
- 1986
- 100 dollars — International Year of Peace KM# 152
- 1987
- 1 dollar — 400th Anniversary of the Discovery of Davis Strait KM# 154
- 20 dollars — 1988 Winter Olympics, Calgary: Ice Skating KM# 155
- 20 dollars — 1988 Winter Olympics, Calgary: Curling KM# 156
- 20 dollars — 1988 Winter Olympics, Calgary: Ski Jump KM# 159
- 20 dollars — 1988 Winter Olympics, Calgary: Bobsled KM# 160
- 100 dollars — Calgary Olympics KM# 158
- 1988
- 1 dollar — 250th Anniversary of Saint-Maurice Ironworks KM# 161
- 1988–1989
- 5 dollars — Silver Maple Leaf KM# 163 2nd portrait
- 5 dollars — Platinum Maple Leaf KM# 164 1/10 oz. Platinum Bullion Coinage; 2nd portrait
- 10 dollars — Platinum Maple Leaf KM# 165 2nd portrait
- 20 dollars — Platinum Maple Leaf KM# 166 2nd portrait
- 50 dollars — Platinum Maple Leaf KM# 167 1 oz. Platinum Bullion Coinage; 2nd portrait
- 1988
- 100 dollars — Bowhead Whale KM# 162
- 1989
- 1 dollar — Bicentennial: MacKenzie River KM# 168
- 100 dollars — Saint-Marie Among the Hurons KM# 169
- 1990
- 1 dollar — 300th Anniversary of the Ventures of Henry Kelsey KM# 170
- 1990–2003
- 5 dollars — Silver Maple Leaf KM# 187 Privy mark; 3rd portrait
- 5 dollars — Gold Maple Leaf KM# 188 1/10 oz. Gold Bullion Coinage; 3rd portrait
- 1990–1999
- 5 dollars — Platinum Maple Leaf KM# 192 1⁄10 oz Platinum Bullion Coinage
- 1990–2003
- 10 dollars — Gold Maple Leaf KM# 189 3rd portrait
- 1990–1999
- 10 dollars — Platinum Maple Leaf KM# 193 1⁄4 oz Platinum Bullion Coinage
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