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30 Dollars - Elizabeth II Snowy Owl
| Issuer | Royal Canadian Mint |
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| Year | 2018 |
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| Reference(s) | KM#2698 |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Mint | Royal Canadian Mint |
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The Snowy Owl series from the Royal Canadian Mint has leaned heavily on ultra-high-relief striking techniques developed in the early 2010s, and this 62.69g piece — one of the heavier issues in the wildlife canon — benefits from that refinement. The .9999 fine silver specification, rather than the more common .999, was a deliberate marketing distinction the RCM began emphasizing aggressively after 2012 to differentiate its bullion-adjacent collector issues from competitors.
Snowy Owls are one of Canada's few owl species active by daylight, which gave the Mint's design team unusual compositional freedom compared to nocturnal subjects.