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25 Cents - Elizabeth II Figure skating, Silver
| Issuer | Royal Canadian Mint |
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| Year | 2008 |
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| Technique | Milled |
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| Obverse description | Right-facing effigy of Queen Elizabeth II at approximately 77 years of age, depicted bare-headed and wearing a necklace and earrings, after the portrait by Susanna Blunt. The legend ELIZABETH II arcs above the effigy, with CANADA and the date 2008 flanking below, accompanied by the bilingual trademark designation TM/MC. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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One of several colored circulation-format collectibles issued by the Royal Canadian Mint ahead of the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics, this piece was part of a multi-year buildup series beginning in 2007. The RCM's colored quarter program had already demonstrated strong collector demand through its poppy issues post-2004, and the Olympic sports series expanded that model aggressively — producing individual coins for disciplines ranging from curling to alpine skiing.
KM#782 is the figure skating issue. The .925 silver strikes were sold directly to collectors rather than released into circulation, unlike their base-metal counterparts.