Steve

1982 Kiribati $5 commemorative coin OK, I thought I had found a really neat coin featuring the effigy of Queen Elizabeth II on the reverse side of the coin instead of on the normal obverse side. Then, when I was looking for a nice little definition of "obverse" and "reverse" to add to my message, I ran across the following definition on how to tell which side was which on a coin.... This would mean that the portrait of QEII is still on the normal side. But, what does that do to coins from the Bahamas where the QEII was on the obverse of the various denominations up until 1973, then the effigy was replaced by the Bahamian coat of arms. Does that mean that the reverse side, most of which were unchanged, is now considered the obverse? Then again, the name of both countries are on the same side as the coat of arms........

Here is an interesting coin, ran across it in an older Coin People forum message and decided to look around on ebay for it.... According to the currency conversion software over at Coinmill.com, this coin only has a face value of 19 cents (US)

Thanks for mentioning the new effigy on the Gibralter coins, went and bought myself one off ebay earlier today. Here are some "coat of arms" themed coin scans.... Great Britain - one shilling (1958, 1961) Bailiwick of Jersey - five shilling (1966) Bailiwick of Guernsey - twentyfive pense (1978) Great Britain - half crown (1961) Australia - fifty cents (1979) Fiji - one dollar (1969) Turks & Caicos - one crown (1969) Canada - fifty cents (1965) Jamaica - one penny (1967) New Zealand - half crown (1962) Southern Rhodesia - half crown (1954) Fiji - one florin (1957) Mauritius - one rupee (1971) Falkland Islands - fifty pense (1977) Bermuda - one crown (1964)

I really like the coins with the coat of arms....

Actually, Canada has had four differant effigies of Queen Elizabeth II featured on the obverse (not counting the effigy which only appeared on the 2002 fifty cent piece), and the two most recent of them are limited to Canada. According to the Canadian Mint's web-site The effigy of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II changed in 1990 when she was 64 years old. This was the first effigy to be designed by a Canadian, Dora de Pédery-Hunt. This effigy appeared on Canadian coins from 1990 to 2003, surrounded by the Latin inscription ELIZABETH II D G REGINA. It is very similar to the effigy designed by Raphael Maklouf which was in circulation from 1985 - 1997.

Since it was the discovery of the commemorative quarts released by Canada that initiated my interest in collecting QEII coins, here are scans of a few of the quarter sets I picked up when I first started collecting..... The obverse from the Canadian quarter - 2002, 1999, 2000, 1992, 2005

Really great thread! I just recently started collecting coins and it is the coins which feature the effigy of Queen Elizabeth II which has initiated this interest for me. Anyways, a quick question from a noobie to the forum here, and to the hobby.... Canada released a circulating commemorative 50 cent coin featuring the same effigy used on the 1953 Coronation Medallion, but I can find no reference to who sculpted the image. Can anybody tell me who the artist who designed the obverse for this coin was?