Canada 5 Dollars - Elizabeth II, 2015

5 Dollars - Elizabeth II from Canada. Issued in 2015. Struck in Silver (.9999). Measures 36.07 mm and weighs 23.17 g.

Obverse

Head of Queen Elizabeth II, as at 77 years of age, bare headed, wearing necklace and earrings, facing right. (Elizabeth II Queen by the grace of God)

Reverse

Krieghoff's male aboriginal figures are often depicted in the act of hunting. In this image, a First Nations man wearing a knit cap, moccasins and a long coat treksthrough the snow on snowshoes, carrying a rifle. A rolling highland rises in the distant background. Krieghoff's observations were gathered on hunting expeditions with First Nations guides, studyingand travelling with Caughnawaga Iroquois and Kahnawake Mohawk people nearMontréal in the mid-1840s and the Huron (Wendat), Mi'kmaq, and Montaignais (Innu) peoples near Quebec City after 1853.

Edge

Serrated