Part of the Royal Canadian Mint's fine silver subscriber series that expanded aggressively in the early 2010s, this issue belongs to a run of low-denomination face-value coins explicitly designed for the collector market rather than circulation. The RCM issued dozens of thematic $20 pieces during this period, leveraging the .9999 fineness as a selling point over the more conventional .999 standard.
Part of the Royal Canadian Mint's fine silver subscriber series that expanded aggressively in the early 2010s, this issue belongs to a run of low-denomination face-value coins explicitly designed for the collector market rather than circulation. The RCM issued dozens of thematic $20 pieces during this period, leveraging the .9999 fineness as a selling point over the more conventional .999 standard.