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20 Dollars - Elizabeth II Sir George-Étienne Cartier
| Issuer | Royal Canadian Mint |
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| Year | 2015 |
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| Value | 20 Dollars |
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| Reverse lettering | 2015 WL Canada George-Étienne Cartier |
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| Mintage | 2015 - (fr) Épreuve - 1,268 |
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Cartier's place on Canadian currency has always been somewhat fraught — a Father of Confederation who never lived to see the country's first decade, dying in 1873 before Macdonald's National Policy reshaped the dominion he helped create. This 2015 issue belongs to the Royal Canadian Mint's ongoing fine silver commemorative program, which has produced hundreds of thematic releases targeting the collector market rather than circulation.
Cartier negotiated Quebec's entry into Confederation largely by reassuring French Canadian elites that their civil law and Catholic institutions would survive union — a political calculation that held.