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I came across this site on the RCM site about the monarchs of Canadian coins. http://www.mint.ca/store/mint/learn...arch-1100026I am just wondering what exactly determined how many years each of the Queen's portraits were on the coins? The longest running portrait was 1965-1989. Why were the other portraits used for much less time and why was this one used the longest? |
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Bedrock of the Community
Canada
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I would imagine, that they didn't want her to look too 'old' looking, so they kept her younger portrait longer.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Also it's cheaper and easier to change the design today than it was 50 years ago.
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Canada
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I wonder when they'll change the image again.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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i think it's interesting when we'll have the prince on our coins!
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Canada
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Valued Member
Canada
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Oh and maybe a new 2013 dot variety! ;)
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Australia
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I wonder when they'll change the image again.
The sooner the better, The "Cleaning Lady" design on the Canadian coins is an absolute shocker  |
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Canada
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:p funny, personally I like the first effigy and the third one.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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we should throw king George V back on it, just because everyone loves him...
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Canada
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Canada
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Shouldn't we retire the use of the British monarchy on Canadian coins now ? We are after all, nearly 150 years independent and it isn't only the British that we have history with as a country.......time for us to put someething else, something/someone Canadian on our coins, even if it is only the prime minister.
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I think we would have to go back a lot years to find a prime minister worthy of being immortalized on our coinage.
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How about Sir J.A Macdonald now there would be something or Alexander Mackenzie
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01/18/2013 6:07 pm
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Canada
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We are in the Commonwealth, so the queen has to be on our currency, unfortunately. I would completely support Canadian prime ministers being featured, or a fictional design, like the Peace and Morgan dollars of the US. Sadly, I doubt it will ever happen. |
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Once you get Prime Ministers or Presidents on coins, you never get them off.
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Posted 01/10/2013 09:59 am
