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250 Dollars - Elizabeth II Surviving the Flood
| Issuer | Royal Canadian Mint |
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| Year | 2009 |
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| Diameter | 101.6 mm |
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| Obverse description | Right-facing effigy of Queen Elizabeth II at age 77, rendered by engraver Susan Taylor, depicted bare-headed and wearing a necklace and earrings. The legend 'ELIZABETH II' and denomination '250 DOLLARS • CANADA' arc around the portrait, with the date '2009' also inscribed in the field. The Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympic Games logo appears prominently within the design. The overall composition reflects the standard mature portrait used on Canadian collector coinage of this period. |
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| Obverse lettering | 250 DOLLARS • CANADA • ELIZABETH II 2009 |
| Reverse description | An intricate Northwest Coast Indigenous art composition by Christie Paquet, executed in the formline style traditionally associated with Squamish and related Pacific Coast peoples. The central motif depicts a stylized eagle with a pronounced beak dominating the upper field, rendered with characteristic ovoid and U-form elements in high relief against a deeply mirrored proof background. A salmon, dropped from the eagle's talons, falls toward abstracted Squamish canoe forms occupying the lower register. The entire design is contained within a circular border of recurrent ovoid devices, conveying the narrative theme of 'Surviving the Flood' through the symbolic language of Pacific Northwest Indigenous iconography. |
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