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Vol. 139, No. 19 — September 21, 2005
Registration
SOR/2005-278 August 31, 2005
ROYAL CANADIAN MINT ACT
Order Authorizing the Issue and Determining the Composition, Dimensions and Designs of a Twenty-five Cent Circulation Coin
P.C. 2005-1528 August 31, 2005
Her Excellency the Governor General in Council, on the recommendation of the Minister of National Revenue, pursuant to sections 6.4 (see footnote a) and 6.5 (see footnote b) of the Royal Canadian Mint Act, hereby
(a) authorizes the issue of a twenty-five cent circulation coin, the characteristics of which shall be as specified in item 4.1 (see footnote c) of Part 2 of the schedule to the Act and the diameter of which shall be 23.88 mm; and
(b) determines the design of the coin to be as follows, namely,
(i) the obverse impression shall depict the effigy of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II by Susanna Blunt, with the initials "SB" on the bottom left-hand corner of the neckline, the inscriptions "ELIZABETH II" and "D·G·REGINA", to the left and to the right of the effigy, respectively and the letter "P" below the effigy and with beading around the circumference of the coin, and
(ii) the reverse impression shall depict the profile, by Canadian artist Elaine Goble, of the heads of two war veterans in uniform standing side by side, the one in the foreground wearing glasses and being the elder of the two, with the inscriptions "25 Cents" and "CANADA 2005" at the top and right of the coin, respectively, and the initials "EG" on the shoulder of the elder veteran.
S.C. 1999, c. 4, s. 3
S.C. 1999, c. 4, s. 3
SOR/2000-161
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