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15 Dollars - Elizabeth II Space Exploration
| Issuer | Royal Canadian Mint |
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| Year | 2015 |
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| Currency | Dollar (1858-date) |
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| Obverse description | The obverse bears the fourth definitive effigy of Queen Elizabeth II by Susanna Blunt, depicting the Queen in right-facing portrait at approximately 77 years of age, uncrowned and wearing a necklace and earrings. The legend ELIZABETH II D·G·REGINA arcs along the upper periphery in Latin script. The effigy is rendered in high relief against a flat field, consistent with the Royal Canadian Mint's collector coin series. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Issued the same year the Canadian Space Agency's astronaut Chris Hadfield had already become a household name from his 2013 ISS command, this coin rode a sustained wave of domestic enthusiasm for Canadian space involvement. Canada's contribution to the ISS through the Canadarm2 robotic system gave the Royal Canadian Mint repeated commercial justification for space-themed collector issues throughout the 2010s — this being one of several in a broader series targeting that market.
The .9999 fineness is characteristic of RCM collector output from this period, when the mint was aggressively differentiating its bullion-adjacent products on purity rather than design alone.