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The twenty-five cent coin is unique in that there are two varieties of the coin. A new obverse with a smaller, more detailed portrait and fewer rim denticles placed farther from the rim was planned for use with the RCMP commemorative reverse. [1] A small quantity of coins was struck with the 1972 obverse, thus creating two varieties for the year.
The Indian Head gold pieces or Pratt-Bigelow gold coins were two separate coin series, identical in design, struck by the United States Mint: a two-and-a-half-dollar piece, or quarter eagle, and a five-dollar coin, or half eagle. The quarter eagle was struck from 1908 to 1915 and from 1925–1929.
Royal Canadian Air Cadets 205 Collishaw squadron, named after him, is in his home town of Nanaimo, [90] and 204 Black Maria squadron, named after his aircraft, is located in Kamloops. On 2 October 1999, the terminal at Nanaimo Airport was named the Nanaimo-Collishaw Air Terminal in his honour. [91]
No. 205 Squadron was a Royal Air Force unit formed on 1 April 1918. Prior to this it had existed as No. 5 Squadron of the Royal Naval Air Service (RNAS). In 1929, it became the first RAF squadron to be permanently based in Singapore , taking as its motto Pertama di Malaya ("First in Malaya").
A commemorative Terry Fox $1 coin began circulating on April 4, 2005. On October 21, 2004, the Royal Canadian Mint unveiled a 25¢ poppy coin. This coin features a red poppy (Papaver rhoeas) that is coloured red, embedded in the centre of a maple leaf above a banner reading "Remember – Souvenir". It is the world's first coloured coin.
The Northern Lights $20 silver coin was the first RCM hologram coin to feature a hologram without a raised border and, therefore, no delineation. [4] The hologram merges with the engraved relief of the mountains. In 2006, the $30 Canadarm coin was the first Canadian coin to be completely sculpted using computer software. [5]
722 (Saint John) Communication Squadron The Communications and Electronics Branch: 11 June 1994. 31 (Saint John) Service Battalion: 24 September 1994. 410 City of Saint John Squadron, RCAF: 3 July 2012. 161 C.K. Beveridge Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Cadets: 16 September 2017. 527 Simonds Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Cadets: 16 September 2017.
Most standard US commemorative coin lists begin with the 1892 Columbian half dollar commemorating the 400th anniversary of Columbus' voyage to America. The following year, the Columbian Exposition quarter dollar featuring Queen Isabella of Spain was issued. [4] In 1915, the mint issued the Panama–Pacific half union, which had a face value of $50.