Description:
Obverse
The portrait in right profile of Elizabeth II, when she was 27 years old, is surrounded with the inscription "ELIZABETH II DEI GRATIA REGINA" (Elizabeth II, Queen by the grace of God)
Reverse
A beaver, over the inscription "CANADA", is surrounded with the facial value, flanked on both sides by a maple leaf. One major variation: Smaller beaver, minted for the last time in 1950.
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