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10 Dollars - Elizabeth II Hologram Maple Leaf
| Issuer | Royal Canadian Mint |
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| Year | 2002 |
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| Weight | 7.78 g |
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| Obverse description | Diademed effigy of Queen Elizabeth II facing right, as sculpted by Dora de Pédery-Hunt, depicting the Queen at approximately 64 years of age and wearing the royal diadem, a necklace, and drop earrings. The legend 'ELIZABETH II 10 DOLLARS 2002' is inscribed along the periphery of the field. |
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| Obverse lettering | ELIZABETH II 10 DOLLARS 2002 |
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The Hologram Maple Leaf series launched in 1999 as a direct response to advances in counterfeiting technology, with the Royal Canadian Mint among the first sovereign mints globally to incorporate laser holography into a bullion-adjacent platinum issue. The 2002 date places this coin in the series' middle years, before the format was quietly discontinued in favor of other security innovations.
Platinum Maple Leafs of this period were struck to .9995 fineness — fractionally purer than the gold equivalent — a specification the RCM held as a deliberate market differentiator against the American Platinum Eagle.