Ken P's What's Notable Site

What's Notable about the Year
1959
for Canadian Coin Collectors?


  • First year of new coat-of-arms on reverse of fifty cent coin.
  • First fifty cent coin with motto "a mari usque ad mare" on reverse.
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Other web pages of interest:

  • Chronology of Canadian Coins
  • Canadian Coins: Type Collecting
  • Ken P's Today in History
  • Ken P's Coin/Stamp/Bill Novelties
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