3 Dollars - Elizabeth II October - Tourmaline

The Royal Canadian Mint launched its gemstone-inlay series in the mid-2000s, embedding genuine faceted stones into recessed mounts on fine silver blanks — a production technique requiring each piece to be finished largely by hand. The tourmaline used in this October birthstone issue is a natural mineral, not synthetic, sourced and cut to fit the specific cavity dimensions of this die.

Mintages on these birthstone dollars were tightly capped, typically around 10,000 pieces per month issue.