Catalog
20 Dollars - Charles III Pysanka
| Issuer | Royal Canadian Mint |
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| Year | 2026 |
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| Currency | Dollar (1858-date) |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | The reverse displays a richly coloured pysanka (Ukrainian Easter egg) design filling the entire oval field of the coin. The composition is symmetrically arranged and features traditional folk-art motifs including stylized sunflowers, floral sprays, scrolling tendrils, and small daisy-like blossoms rendered in purple, green, yellow, blue, and black against a white ground. The lower register is dominated by bold chevron bands filled with interlocking diamond lattice patterns in purple, black, and white. The legend CANADA • 2026 is inscribed in the lower exergual area in silver relief. |
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The pysanka — a Ukrainian Easter egg decorated through a wax-resist dyeing process — carries particular weight in Canada given the country's Ukrainian diaspora, the largest outside Ukraine and Russia itself, concentrated heavily in Alberta, Manitoba, and Saskatchewan following late 19th-century settlement waves. The Royal Canadian Mint has issued pysanka-themed coins periodically since at least the 2010s, often employing selective colour application or niello-style enameling to replicate the geometric precision of the tradition.
The .9999 fineness is consistent with the Mint's premium bullion and collector silver program, which shifted to four-nines purity as a deliberate market differentiator from standard .999 issues.