15 Dollars - Elizabeth II Year of the Pig

Canada's Lunar New Year series launched in 1998 with the Year of the Tiger, making 2007's Year of the Pig the final issue in the first complete 12-year cycle. The Royal Canadian Mint positioned these as collector pieces aimed squarely at Canadian Chinese communities, a market largely ignored by government mints until the late 1990s.

Being the cycle's last entry drove stronger demand than several mid-cycle issues.