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| Emittent | Royal Canadian Mint |
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| Jahr | 1990-2003 |
| Typ | Non-circulating coin |
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| Aversbeschreibung | Diademed effigy of Queen Elizabeth II facing right, as rendered by Dora de Pédery-Hunt for the third Canadian portrait, depicting the Queen wearing the royal diadem, a necklace, and drop earrings. The legend ELIZABETH II arcs along the upper periphery, with the denomination 20 DOLLARS positioned in the lower field. The portrait conveys a mature, formal likeness consistent with the Queen's appearance in the early 1990s. |
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| Aversschrift | Latin |
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| Zusätzliche Informationen |
Canada's .9999 fine gold bullion program launched in 1979 with the Maple Leaf, and by the time this third-portrait issue entered production in 1990, the series had already forced competing mints worldwide to match the four-nines fineness standard. Prior to the Maple Leaf, .900 fine was the accepted norm for sovereign bullion coinage — the American Eagle, introduced in 1986, still uses it.
The half-ounce denomination has always occupied an awkward commercial position in the series, consistently outsold by the one-ounce and tenth-ounce pieces. Surviving mintage records reflect that pattern clearly.