2023 - $50 - 5 oz. Pure Silver Coin – Queen Elizabeth II's Coronation

I have in sincerity pledged myself to your service, as so many of you are pledged to mine. Throughout all my life and with all my heart I shall strive to be worthy of your trust. – A speech by Queen Elizabeth II on her coronation day, June 2, 1953.

It was the moment when, in a ceremony steeped in history, a young queen was formally invested with regalia, anointed and crowned, becoming the first monarch to be crowned Queen of Canada.

Depicted on this 5 oz. fine silver tribute, the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II was a ceremony laden with centuries of tradition, but the event also marked the dawn of a new, modern era for our young nation and for its 27-year-old queen. Few who witnessed the coronation on June 2, 1953, could have predicted the advancements that would be achieved during Queen Elizabeth II's unprecedented long reign. Having already vowed to devote her life to serving others in 1947, Queen Elizabeth II's coronation oath further bound her to a lifetime of service, duty and devotion to her people: “the things which I have here before promised, I will perform and keep.”

SPECIFICATIONS
Product Number
207573
Mintage 1,750
Composition 99.99% pure silver
Weight 157.6 g
Diameter 65.25 mm
Edge Serrated
Face Value $50
Finish Proof
Packaging Black clamshell with commemorative beauty box and a serialized certificate
Artist Glen Green (reverse), Susanna Blunt (2003-present effigy); Dora de Pédery-Hunt (1990-2002 effigy); Arnold Machin (1965-1989 effigy); and Mary Gillick (1953-1964 effigy) (obverse)