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15 Dollars - Elizabeth II Lunar Lotus, Year of the Sheep
| Issuer | Royal Canadian Mint |
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| Year | 2015 |
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| Thickness | 2.9 mm |
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| Reverse description | A finely detailed, high-relief portrait of a ram facing left occupies the right portion of the scalloped field, its prominently curved and ridged horns rendered with naturalistic precision. To the left, gracefully cascading branches of Japanese maple leaves extend diagonally across the field, providing an elegant botanical backdrop. The Chinese character '羊' (yang, meaning sheep or ram) appears in the lower left field, rendered in a classical script style. The design harmoniously blends East Asian artistic motifs with Western engraving tradition, reflecting the Lunar Lotus series theme. The lotus-form scalloped border frames the composition throughout. |
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| Mintage | 2015 - Proof - 16,056 |
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Canada's Lunar Lotus series was developed specifically for gift-giving markets in East and Southeast Asian communities, where the lotus carries strong associations with purity and rebirth in Buddhist and broader cultural tradition. The sheep — or ram, or goat, depending on the translation of 羊 — is the eighth animal in the twelve-year cycle, associated with gentleness and creativity in Chinese astrology. 2015 marked the Year of the Yi Wei, the wooden sheep, a designation that cycles only once every sixty years within the full sexagenary calendar.