The five-cent "nickel" of 1951 commemorated the 200th anniversary of the first isolation of pure nickel. When a shortage of nickel occurred later that year, the pure nickel coin was replaced with a chromium-plated steel five cent piece that showed Canada's official national animal, the beaver.
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The five-cent "nickel" of 1951 commemorated the 200th anniversary of the first isolation of pure nickel. When a shortage of nickel occurred later that year, the pure nickel coin was replaced with a chromium-plated steel five cent piece that showed Canada's official national animal, the beaver.
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