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A new effigy of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II was unveiled in 1990 when she was 64 years old. This was the first to be designed by a Canadian, Dora de Pédery-Hunt. This effigy was used on Canadian coins between 1990 and 2002.
The Royal Canadian Mint describes it thus:
The third likeness represents a break from tradition: it was the first effigy of a reigning monarch designed and sculpted by a Canadian.
Canadian-Hungarian artist Dora de Pédery-Hunt was commissioned to create an updated portrait exclusively for our coins. Mind you, it wasn’t our first collaboration with the sculptor: she designed the $100 gold coins issued in 1976 in honour of the Montreal Olympics.
The third effigy is perhaps the stateliest one. It shows Her Majesty wearing a string of pearls and an imposing, sparkling headpiece known as the Diamond Diadem (you might also know it as the George IV State Diadem).
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