1 Dollar - Elizabeth II, Tribute obverse Imperial State Crown

Issued as part of the RCM's ongoing tribute series acknowledging the long reign of Elizabeth II, this piece was struck in 2022 — the year of her death in September, making it among the final Canadian coinage produced during her lifetime. The selective gold plating technique, applied over .9999 fine silver, requires a masking process during production that the RCM has refined considerably since its introduction to their collector program in the early 2000s.