150 Dollars - Elizabeth II Year of the Rat

The Year of the Rat opened the third cycle of the Chinese zodiac's 60-year sexagenary calendar in 2020, making this issue marginally more significant within the series than a mid-cycle animal year. Canada's Chinese-Canadian community, among the oldest and largest in the Western Hemisphere — dating to the railroad labor migrations of the 1880s — has driven consistent collector demand for RCM lunar issues since the series began. The 18-karat gold alloy used here is atypical for RCM bullion work, chosen primarily to achieve a warmer color register than standard .9999 gold.