QUEEN ELIZABETH II penny (w/o mint) The effigy of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II changed in 1990 when she was 64 years old. This was the 1st effigy to be designed by a Canadian, Dora de Pedery-Hunt. This effigy appeared on Canadian coins from 1990 to 2003, surrounded by the Latin inscription ELIZABETH II D G REGINA (Reversal side has the designer's initals KG, George Edward Kruger-Gray)