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20 Dollars - Elizabeth II The Benevolent Bison
| Issuer | Royal Canadian Mint |
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| Year | 2016 |
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| Currency | Dollar (1858-date) |
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| Obverse description | Right-facing effigy of Queen Elizabeth II by Susanna Blunt, depicting the monarch at approximately 77 years of age with bare head, wearing a necklace and drop earrings. The portrait is rendered in a refined, realistic style with fine detail in the hair and facial features. The legend 'ELIZABETH II CANADA D·G·REGINA' arcs around the upper field, with the denomination and issuer flanking the effigy. |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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The "Benevolent Bison" belongs to a Royal Canadian Mint series using ultra-high relief and selective minting techniques developed in the mid-2010s to compete with collector issues from Perth and the U.S. Mint. Plains bison were functionally extinct in Canada by the 1880s, reduced from an estimated 30 million animals to a few hundred through commercial hunting and deliberate extermination campaigns tied to colonial policy. The Wood Buffalo National Park herd — established partly from privately saved Montana stock — remains the primary reason the species survives at all in Canada.