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15 Dollars - Elizabeth II Lunar Lotus, Year of the Snake
| Issuer | Royal Canadian Mint |
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| Year | 2013 |
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| Value | 15 Dollars |
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| Obverse description | Right-facing effigy of Queen Elizabeth II, depicted at approximately 77 years of age, bare-headed and uncrowned, wearing a necklace and drop earrings, as rendered by engraver Susan Taylor. The portrait is set against a plain field within the scalloped lotus-form flan. The surrounding legend reads '15 DOLLARS CANADA ELIZABETH II 2013', distributed around the upper and lower periphery in Latin characters. |
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| Edge | Serrated |
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Canada's Lunar Lotus series departed from the RCM's standard bullion approach by targeting the overseas Chinese collector market directly — a deliberate commercial strategy that accelerated sharply after 2008 as Chinese disposable income drove global demand for culturally themed precious-metal issues. The Year of the Snake falls sixth in the twelve-year cycle, and 2013 marked the year of the water snake specifically, a distinction some specialist collectors track across issuing mints worldwide.
The .9999 fineness was a calculated differentiator against comparable issues from the Perth Mint and other competitors at the time.