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20 Dollars - Elizabeth II Baby Burrowing Owl
| Issuer | Royal Canadian Mint |
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| Year | 2015 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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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 profile as an elderly sovereign at approximately 77 years of age, her head bare and unadorned save for a necklace and earrings. The portrait is rendered in high relief with fine detail to the facial features and hair. The surrounding legend reads 'ELIZABETH II D•G•REGINA' arcing above the effigy within the coin's field. |
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| Obverse lettering | ELIZABETH II D•G•REGINA (Translation: Elizabeth II Queen by the grace of God) |
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The burrowing owl (Athene cunicularia) has been listed as endangered in Canada since 1995, its prairie population collapsing due to pesticide use, habitat loss, and the near-eradication of black-tailed prairie dog colonies that provide the burrows the species depends on entirely for nesting. By 2015, fewer than 1,000 individual birds were estimated to remain in the wild in Canada.
This is one of several RCM issues in the broader "Baby Animals" series, which began in 2013 and consistently sold out at issue price — a pattern that drove aggressive secondary market premiums on early releases.