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3 Dollars - Elizabeth II SML fractional set, 1/4 oz
| Issuer | Royal Canadian Mint |
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| Year | 2004 |
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| Value | 3 Dollars |
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| Obverse description | Effigy of Queen Elizabeth II facing right, depicted at approximately 77 years of age, bare-headed, wearing a necklace and drop earrings, as engraved by Susan Taylor. The portrait is rendered in fine relief against a mirror field. The legend ELIZABETH II arcs above the effigy, while the denomination 3 DOLLARS and the date 2004 appear in the lower field. |
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| Edge | Finely reeded |
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The SML fractional sets — Small, Medium, Large — were introduced by the Royal Canadian Mint in the early 2000s as a direct response to collector demand for matched-design silver sets at accessible price points. The 2004 issue falls within a period when the RCM was aggressively expanding its bullion and collector programs, partly to compete with the growing market share of the Perth Mint and the Austrian Mint's Philharmoniker series.
The .9999 fineness specification was a deliberate marketing distinction — four nines rather than the .999 used by most competitors at the time.