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2500 Dollars - Elizabeth II First Canadian Gold Coin
| Issuer | Royal Canadian Mint |
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| Year | 2017 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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This kilogram piece continues the RCM's "Big Coin" series, which began in 2007 when the mint produced a one-million-dollar, 100-kilogram gold coin partly as a demonstration of its refining capabilities — specifically its ability to produce .9999 fine gold at industrial scale. The 2017 issues in the series reproduced classic Canadian coin designs at drastically enlarged dimensions, a project that was as much about showcasing metallurgical precision as it was about commemorating anything historical.
The .9999 fineness designation is not incidental. Canada's refineries achieved four-nine purity as a commercial standard decades before most sovereign mints, and the RCM has used that specification as a point of competitive differentiation in the global bullion market since the introduction of the Maple Leaf in 1979.