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20 Dollars - Elizabeth II Silver Dart
| Issuer | Royal Canadian Mint |
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| Year | 1991 |
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| Currency | Dollar (1858-date) |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Edge | Interrupted serration |
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The Silver Dart commemorates the February 1909 flight of the AEA Silver Dart at Baddeck, Nova Scotia — the first powered, heavier-than-air flight in Canada and within the British Empire. The aircraft was designed by a syndicate that included Alexander Graham Bell and J.A.D. McCurdy, who piloted it himself. The Royal Canadian Mint launched this $20 fine silver series in 1988 specifically to fund itself through collector premiums rather than circulation revenue, a funding model that proved durable enough to sustain dozens of subsequent issues through the 1990s.