CANADA AND THE QUEEN Public Deposited
The E-Sylum: Volume 7, Number 41, October 10, 2004, Article 15
CANADA AND THE QUEEN
From the October 3, 2004 issue of The E-Sylum:
". . . the year 2000 Canadian coins had a portrait of the
Queen that was used in Great Britain between 1985 and
1997. Why are they still using that? Would the Royal
Canadian Mint not have already adopted the current portrait,
seeing that Canada is in the Commonwealth?"In response, Gary Dunaier writes: "I, too, have wondered
why Canada (and some other countries) had not changed
the portrait of the Queen to the Ian Rank-Broadley portrait
introduced in 1998. Canada finally adopted a new portrait
of Her Majesty beginning in 2003, designed by Canadian
artist Susanna Blunt. Being an American, I had no idea why
Canada was allowed to not only *not* use the
Rank-Broadley portrait, but create their own.The irony is that I prefer the Canadian design over the British
version. In my opinion, Rank-Broadley's portrait makes the
Queen look like a scowling old lady, whereas Blunt's version
presents Her Majesty in a classy, dignified manner befitting
someone of her age.Here's a link to the Royal Canadian Mint's website page
about the new design: More info- 2004-10-10
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