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20 Dollars - Elizabeth II Misty Morning Mule Deer
| Issuer | Royal Canadian Mint |
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| Year | 2015 |
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| Value | 20 Dollars |
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| Reverse description | The reverse features a finely detailed, colour-enhanced nature scene depicting a male and female mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus) descending to lower elevations and entering an autumnal foothills meadow at dawn, rendered in the 'Misty Morning' series style by artist Susan Taylor. The scene is enveloped in soft morning light with misty atmospheric perspective, rendered with photorealistic precision and rich naturalistic coloration applied directly to the coin's surface. Frost-tinged grasses and a hazy treeline frame the composition, conveying the quiet stillness of an early autumn morning in the Canadian foothills. The inscription 'CANADA 2015' appears within the design, along with the artist's initials 'TT'. |
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| Mintage | 2015 - Proof with colour - 6,500 |
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The term "mule" in numismatics refers to a coin struck from two dies not originally intended to be paired, and the Royal Canadian Mint has occasionally — and deliberately — applied the term to collector issues where design elements from separate series are combined. Whether this piece qualifies as a true mule by that definition or borrows the marketing language loosely is a distinction the catalog number alone cannot resolve.
The .9999 fineness is characteristic of RCM collector silver from this period, when the mint was aggressively competing in the premium bullion and numismatic gift market against Perth and the Austrian Mint.