75 dollars — Canada (1990) — Polar bear

Special facts

Robert Bateman’s polar bear on the platinum 75 dollars of 1990, a quarter-ounce; 2,629 of each denomination in the set.

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: 1990

Other items of the period

• 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
• 1990
• 20 dollars — Lancaster 683 AVRO KM# 172
• 20 dollars — Avro Anson KM# 173
• 1990–2003
• 20 dollars — Gold Maple Leaf KM# 190 3rd portrait
• 1990–1999
• 20 dollars — Platinum Maple Leaf KM# 194
• 1990
• 30 dollars — Polar bear KM# 174
• 1990–2003
• 50 dollars — Gold Maple Leaf KM# 191 3rd portrait
• 1990–1999
• 50 dollars — Platinum Maple Leaf KM# 195 1 oz. platinum bullion coinage; 3rd portrait
• 1990
• 75 dollars — Polar bear KM# 175
• 100 dollars — United Nations Literacy Year KM# 171
• 150 dollars — Polar bear KM# 176
• 200 dollars — Silver Jubilee of the Canadian Flag KM# 178
• 300 dollars — Polar bear KM# 177
• 1991
• 1 dollar — 175th Anniversary of the S.S. Frontenac KM# 179
• 20 dollars — Silver Dart KM# 196
• 20 dollars — De Havilland "Beaver" KM# 197
• 30 dollars — Snowy Owl KM# 198
• 75 dollars — Snowy Owl KM# 199
• 100 dollars — Centennial of the Empress of India ship KM# 180
• 150 dollars — Snowy Owl KM# 200
• 200 dollars — Hockey, a National Passion KM# 202

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