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200 Dollars - Elizabeth II Grandmother Moon Mask
| Issuer | Royal Canadian Mint |
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| Year | 2013 |
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| Technique | Milled (Ultra High Relief Coin) |
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| Obverse description | The obverse bears the mature effigy of Queen Elizabeth II in right-facing profile, rendered in ultra high relief against a deeply mirrored field. The portrait, engraved by Susanna Blunt and signed 'SB' at the shoulder, depicts the Queen wearing a pearl necklace and drop earring, with her hair styled in a characteristic coiffure. The legend 'ELIZABETH II' arcs along the left periphery and 'D·G·REGINA' along the right, both in raised Latin capital letters. The coin's broad polished rim frames the composition with a bold, clean border. |
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| Obverse lettering | ELIZABETH II D·G·REGINA (Translation: Elizabeth II Queen by the grace of God) |
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The "Grandmother Moon Mask" design belongs to the Haida tradition of the Pacific Northwest Coast, and its appearance on a Royal Canadian Mint bullion-adjacent issue in 2013 was part of a broader push by the RCM to collaborate directly with Indigenous artists rather than adapt Indigenous imagery through non-Indigenous designers — a practice that had drawn sustained criticism for decades. The specific mask form references lunar ceremonies tied to tidal cycles and salmon harvests, knowledge systems that were actively suppressed under the Indian Act's potlatch ban, which remained law until 1951.
The .9999 fineness places this among the RCM's purest gold strikes of the period.