April 12, 2024
2012 Canada QUEEN'S DIAMOND JUBILEE PORTRAIT 99.99% Silver Proof 20 Dollar Coin
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� We combine shipping. The 2011 Queen's Diamond Jubilee Portrait, a 2012 silver proof ultra high relief 20 dollar coin from Canada. The Royal Canadian Mint introduces the 2012 Queen's Diamond Jubilee Portrait silver proof ultra-high relief $20 coin to celebrate Her Majesty’s Diamond Jubilee in High Style. The featured reverse effigy is struck in the ultra high relief long associated with ancient medallic art. The year 2012 marks the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II—a celebration around the world of the 60th anniversary of Her Majesty’s succession to the throne. On June 2, 1952, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II ascended to the thrones of England and the seven Commonwealth realms that recognized her as their head of state at that time, including Canada. As millions around the world watched her coronation in Westminster Abbey—the first televised British coronation—they could not know that they were witnessing the inauguration of a reign that would last well into the next millennium. Among British monarchs, Queen Elizabeth II is one of only two rulers in the history of Britain, Canada, and a number of other Commonwealth countries to have reached their sixtieth ruling year. Only Queen Victoria, in 1897, celebrated a Diamond Jubilee prior to Queen Elizabeth II. Diamond Jubilee Celebrations around the world will acknowledge Queen
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