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100 Dollars - Elizabeth II Literacy
| Issuer | Royal Canadian Mint |
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| Year | 1990 |
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| Composition | Gold (.5833) |
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| Obverse description | The obverse features the right-facing effigy of Queen Elizabeth II as a mature portrait at approximately 64 years of age, designed by Dora de Pédery-Hunt. The Queen is depicted wearing the George IV State Diadem, a necklace, and drop earrings, rendered in high relief against a mirror-polished field. The legend ELIZABETH II D·G·REGINA arcs along the upper periphery, with the date 1990 positioned at the lower right. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse depicts three Indigenous children seated at a desk, engaged in the act of writing, symbolising literacy among Canada's Aboriginal peoples. The central figure, a girl with braided hair, leans forward writing intently, flanked by two younger children also holding writing implements. Above the figures, arcing along the upper rim, is an inscription in Inuktitut syllabics, while in the lower field a series of syllabic characters and geometric script elements are displayed on a tablet or writing surface before the children. The legend CANADA 100 DOLLARS is inscribed along the lower periphery, with the engraver's initials JM visible in the lower right field. |
| Reverse script | Latin/Inuktitut Syllabics |
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