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250 Dollars - Elizabeth II Tulip
| Issuer | Royal Canadian Mint |
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| Year | 2015 |
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| Weight | 60.08 g |
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| Obverse description | Right-facing effigy of Queen Elizabeth II as portrayed at approximately 77 years of age, rendered in a mature and dignified portrait, the Queen depicted bare-headed and adorned with a necklace and earrings. The legend encircles the effigy, reading 'ELIZABETH II D·G·REGINA' with the initials 'SB' denoting the engraver Susan Taylor. The portrait occupies the central field against a polished proof finish. |
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| Obverse lettering | ELIZABETH II D·G·REGINA SB (Translation: Elizabeth II Queen by the grace of God) |
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The 250-dollar denomination sits in an awkward commercial niche the Royal Canadian Mint has occupied since the early 2000s — too expensive for casual collectors, too limited in mintage to attract serious bullion buyers. These large-format pure gold issues were positioned as prestige gift items as much as numismatic objects, and the Tulip series specifically was tied to the longstanding diplomatic symbolism of tulips between Canada and the Netherlands, rooted in the Dutch royal family's wartime exile in Ottawa from 1940 to 1945, during which Princess Margriet was born at the Ottawa Civic Hospital.