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1 Dollar - Elizabeth II 4th portrait, Silver Proof Issue
| Issuer | Royal Canadian Mint |
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| Year | 2015-2022 |
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| Value | 1 Dollar |
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| Reverse description | The reverse depicts a Common Loon (Gavia immer) swimming serenely on calm water, rendered in finely detailed relief with a conifer-lined shoreline visible in the left middleground, evoking a quintessential Canadian wilderness setting. The engraver's initials RRC appear to the right of the bird in the field. The legend CANADA arcs across the upper portion of the design, while DOLLAR curves along the lower periphery, with the date centered between them below the central motif. The entire design is framed by a beaded inner border, and the gold plating imparts a warm, lustrous tone to the proof surfaces. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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The fourth portrait of Elizabeth II, by Susanna Blunt, was adopted by Canada in 2003 — the first effigy of the Queen selected through a public competition. Canada has historically been willing to update royal portraits ahead of other Commonwealth issuers, and this series reflects that independence from London's scheduling.
The .9999 fine silver with gold plating places these strikes among the purest silver dollar issues in Canadian coinage history. The RCM began offering .9999 fine silver as a baseline for collector dollars only in the early 2000s, a shift driven by competition with bullion products rather than any monetary policy.