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| Issuer | Royal Canadian Mint |
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| Year | 2025 |
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| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse lettering | CANADA 9999 1965 2025 FINE SILVER 1/20 OZ ARGENT PUR MC |
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The .9999 fineness here is worth noting — standard Canadian silver coinage historically ran at .800, then .500 before silver was eliminated from circulation issues entirely in 1968. These fractional silver pieces occupy an entirely different category: bullion collectibles issued at face value denominations that bear no practical relationship to their metal content or market price.
Elizabeth II died in September 2022, making 2025 a posthumous issue under her effigy — a transitional curiosity as the Royal Canadian Mint works through its Charles III retooling across product lines.