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10 Dollars - Elizabeth II The 1919 Sovereign: 100th Anniversary of the Last Issue
| Issuer | Royal Canadian Mint |
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| Year | 2019 |
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| Value | 10 Dollars |
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| Obverse description | Uncrowned effigy of Queen Elizabeth II facing right, rendered in high relief against a frosted field, wearing a pearl necklace and displaying a mature, dignified portrait. The legend ELIZABETH II arcs along the left periphery, CANADA across the upper field, and D·G·REGINA along the right periphery. The engraver's initials SF (Susanna Blunt) appear below the truncation of the bust. The portrait is framed by a plain inner border with the serrated edge visible at the coin's rim. |
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| Mintage | 2019 - (fr) Épreuve - 1,000 |
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Canada struck gold sovereigns between 1908 and 1919 at the Ottawa branch of the Royal Mint — not the Royal Canadian Mint, which didn't exist as an independent institution until 1931. The 1919-C sovereign is the rarest date in the Ottawa series, with a mintage of just 135,867 pieces, but survival rates are low; most circulated heavily or were melted during the interwar gold recalls. The commemorative premise here is historically sound, even if the framing elides the institutional distinction.