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20 Dollars - Elizabeth II Franklin's lost expedition
| Issuer | Royal Canadian Mint |
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| Year | 2015 |
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| Obverse description | The obverse presents the fourth definitive effigy of Queen Elizabeth II by Susanna Blunt, depicting a bare-headed right-facing portrait of the monarch at approximately 77 years of age, wearing a delicate necklace and drop earrings. The legend 'ELIZABETH II' arcs above the effigy along the upper rim, while the denomination '20 DOLLARS' is inscribed below, all rendered in Latin script. The portrait is executed in fine relief against a flat field, consistent with the refined style adopted for Canadian commemorative coinage from 2003 onward. |
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Franklin's 1845 Arctic expedition — 129 men, two ships, none returning — became the most-searched-for disaster in polar history, with over thirty rescue missions launched between 1848 and 1859. The wrecks of HMS Erebus and HMS Terror were not located until 2014 and 2016 respectively, making this coin's 2015 issue date a direct response to the Erebus discovery the previous September. Parks Canada found her in just 11 metres of water off King William Island, broadly consistent with Inuit oral accounts that had been largely dismissed by Victorian-era searchers for over a century.