Description:
Obverse
The portrait in right profile of Elizabeth II, when she was 39 years old, is surrounded with the inscription "ELIZABETH II D · G · REGINA" (Elizabeth II, Queen by the grace of God).
Reverse
A caribou is accompanied with the facial value and surrounded with the inscription "CANADA".
NOTE: 1978 saw 2 varieties concerning the reverse denticles - 148 small denticles with "CANADA" far from the rim and 120 large denticles with "CANADA" near rim.
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