1 Dollar - Elizabeth II Juan Perez Expedition

The Juan Pérez Expedition of 1774 was the first documented European voyage to reach the northern Pacific coast of what is now British Columbia and Alaska — predating Cook's third voyage by four years, though Pérez was under strict orders not to go ashore or make formal contact, which cost Spain any territorial claim it might otherwise have lodged. His reconnaissance, conducted aboard the frigate Santiago, established the geographic foundation for Spain's later assertions during the Nootka Crisis of 1789–1795, when competing British and Spanish ambitions over the Pacific Northwest nearly broke into open conflict.

The dual reference numbers in Charlton reflect the two finish variants issued — one bullion strike, one proof — a standard Royal Canadian Mint practice by the late 1990s for dollar commemoratives.