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20 Dollars - Elizabeth II Canadian Passages, Railway
| Issuer | Royal Canadian Mint |
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| Year | 2022 |
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| Weight | 31.39 g |
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| Obverse lettering | ELIZABETH II D·G·REGINA 20 DOLLARS CANADA 2022 |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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The "Canadian Passages" series was designed to document infrastructure that physically unified the country, and the railway earns its place without argument. The Canadian Pacific Railway's completion in 1885 fulfilled a confederation condition British Columbia had demanded in 1871 — without it, BC's entry into Canada collapses as a negotiated premise. The federal government nearly fell over the financing; the Pacific Scandal of 1873 brought down Macdonald's government entirely over CPR contract bribes.
The .9999 fineness is characteristic of Royal Canadian Mint bullion-adjacent collector issues from this period, where purity became a selling point distinct from traditional .925 commemorative silver.