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| Emittent | Royal Canadian Mint |
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| Jahr | 1968-1969 |
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| Material | Silver (.500) |
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| Aversbeschreibung | Right-facing effigy of Queen Elizabeth II as a young woman, depicted at approximately 37 years of age, wearing a tiara. The portrait, executed in the second definitive style by Arnold Machin, presents a draped bust with fine detail in the hair and tiara. The encircling legend reads ELIZABETH II D•G•REGINA, acknowledging the Queen's title by the Grace of God. The legend is rendered in raised Latin lettering along the upper and lower periphery of the obverse field. |
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| Averslegende | ELIZABETH II D•G•REGINA (Translation: Elizabeth II Queen by the grace of God) |
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| Zusätzliche Informationen |
By 1968 Canada was in the middle of a forced transition away from silver coinage, driven by rising silver prices that made the metal's market value approach and then exceed face value. The .500 fine issues of 1968–69 were themselves a stopgap — the Royal Canadian Mint had already begun striking clad dimes at the Philadelphia Mint in 1968 before domestic nickel production could take over entirely. Ottawa's .500 silver run therefore overlaps with two other compositions in the same year, creating a three-variant problem that still trips up collectors sorting by weight alone.