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).
Designer: Arnold Machin.
Reverse
A voyageur and an aboriginal paddling a birch-bark canoe by an islet on which there are two wind-swept trees. The vertical lines in the background represent the northern lights. Surrounded with the date, the facial value and the inscription "CANADA".
Designer: Emanuel Hahn.
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