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15 Dollars - Elizabeth II Queen of Spades
| Issuer | Royal Canadian Mint |
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| Year | 2008-2009 |
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| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Mintage | 2008 - RCM/MRC#101428; Proof - 8,714 2009 - RCM/MRC#107185; 4 coin set - 278 |
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Part of the Royal Canadian Mint's "Playing Cards" series, this issue draws on one of the more unusual episodes in North American monetary history: the use of playing cards as emergency currency in New France beginning in 1685, when Governor Jacques de Meulles, facing a severe coin shortage and no incoming supply ships, cut up playing cards and signed them as promissory notes payable against future royal funds from France. The practice persisted intermittently for nearly a century.
The series ran across two years with minor die changes between issues — accounting for the dual catalog references.