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10 Dollars - Elizabeth II 4th Portrait, GML Bullion Coinage
| Issuer | Royal Canadian Mint |
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| Year | 2004-2014 |
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| Thickness | 1.7 mm |
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| Reverse description | The reverse presents the iconic Canadian Maple Leaf design, a single highly detailed sugar maple leaf rendered in high relief at the centre of the field, with finely engraved veining throughout. The legend CANADA arcs along the upper periphery, flanked on either side by the fineness indicators 9999. The lower portion of the reverse carries the bilingual inscription FINE GOLD 1/4 OZ OR PUR, confirming the coin's gold content and purity in both English and French. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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The "GML" privy mark on this series denotes Gold Maple Leaf, introduced partly to combat a persistent counterfeiting problem that plagued the standard Maple Leaf issues through the 1990s and into the 2000s. The .9999 fineness — four nines — was itself a marketing distinction the Royal Canadian Mint pioneered aggressively, pushing purity standards beyond the .999 fine gold that had been the bullion industry norm since the Krugerrand's 1967 debut.
Susanna Blunt's effigy of Elizabeth II, adopted in 2003, brought this portrait onto the series beginning in 2004.