1992 Canada Elizabeth II Alberta 25 Cents
Worth about £0.21 in circulated condition. 12,133,000 were minted, the 18th lowest of any circulation Canada 25 Cents.
Physical Properties
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Is the Canada Elizabeth II Alberta 1992 25 Cents rare?
18th/ 83
Its circulation mintage of 12,133,000 is the 18th lowest of 83 circulation Canada 25 Cents coins in the catalogue.
Other 1992 Canada 25 Cents coins
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Mintage 2,174,000
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Mintage 10,388,000
Photo: Numista1992 Canada Elizabeth II Manitoba 25 Cents
Mintage 11,349,000
Photo: Numista1992 Canada Elizabeth II Newfoundland 25 Cents
Mintage 11,405,000
Photo: Numista1992 Canada Elizabeth II Northwest Territories 25 Cents
Mintage 12,582,000
Photo: Numista1992 Canada Elizabeth II Prince Edward Island 25 Cents
Mintage 13,001,000
Photo: Numista1992 Canada Elizabeth II Nova Scotia 25 Cents
Mintage 13,600,000
Photo: Numista1992 Canada Elizabeth II Quebec 25 Cents
Mintage 13,607,000
About the 1992 Canada Elizabeth II Alberta 25 Cents
This made it one of the earliest and most ambitious circulating commemorative series in Canadian numismatic history. The series designs were chosen through a national competition that invited ordinary Canadians to portray their home regions. The Alberta reverse, created by Mel Heath, evokes the province's dramatic badlands landscape, featuring the weathered hoodoo formations that have become emblematic of its prairie geology and its rich paleontological heritage. The obverse carries the effigy of Queen Elizabeth II by Dora de Pédery-Hunt, linking the piece to the broader coinage of her reign. Struck in nickel at the Winnipeg facility, the coin entered everyday commerce, where it sparked widespread public enthusiasm for collecting and introduced many Canadians to the hobby as they sought to assemble the full provincial and territorial set.
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