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20 Dollars - Elizabeth II Order of Canada
| Issuer | Royal Canadian Mint |
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| Year | 2017 |
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| Composition | Silver (.9999) |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse lettering | 1967 2017 CANADA |
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The Order of Canada was established in 1967 as the country's highest civilian honour, created specifically to mark the centennial of Confederation — a deliberate policy decision to build a distinctly Canadian honours system independent of the British imperial order structure. The investiture ceremony is held at Rideau Hall, and membership has remained tightly controlled, with the total number of living Companions capped by statute.
The .9999 fine silver specification places this issue among the Royal Canadian Mint's bullion-grade commemorative output, a standard the RCM aggressively marketed through the 2010s to distinguish its collector series from lower-fineness competitors.