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10 Dollars - Elizabeth II Holiday Season
| Issuer | Royal Canadian Mint |
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| Year | 2013 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | The selectively gold-plated outer border frames a central silver proof field depicting a festive holiday scene set before a grand urban building. A horse-drawn sleigh with two figures occupies the left foreground, while a decorated Christmas tree adorned with ornaments and a bow stands prominently to the right, and a child figure approaches it in the middle ground. A holly wreath appears at the lower left, and the date '2013' is incused within a cartouche at the right. The engraver's initials 'DG' appear discreetly in the lower central field. The upper legend 'CANADA' and the lower denomination '10 DOLLARS' are rendered in gold-plated raised lettering within the border. |
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The Royal Canadian Mint's holiday series of this period leaned heavily on selective gold plating as a retail differentiator, a technique the RCM had refined through the late 2000s to target the gift and collector market rather than traditional numismatists. The .9999 fine silver specification — finer than the standard .999 used by most government mints — became an RCM marketing fixture around this time, though the practical metallurgical difference in a plated piece is negligible.
Mintage on these annual holiday issues was typically capped to maintain secondary market appeal, though the series as a whole accumulated enough annual releases that individual date collection became the primary driver of demand.