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1 Dollar In the name of George VI, Anniversary of VE Day
| Issuer | Royal Canadian Mint |
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| Year | 2020 |
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| Currency | Dollar (1858-date) |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Edge | Serrated |
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VE Day — 8 May 1945 — marked the end of the war in Europe, but Canada's role in reaching that point was substantial enough to warrant its own accounting: over a million Canadians served, and the country's industrial output, including the so-called "Arsenal of Democracy" contributions, had been critical since 1939. The 75th anniversary issue in 2020 arrived in a year when public commemorations were largely cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, lending the coin an odd documentary function — marking a celebration that couldn't happen.
George VI's name appears on the obverse despite his death in 1952; the coin's legal-tender status under his name is a deliberate historical framing choice by the RCM rather than an error.