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300 Dollars - Elizabeth II Cougar, platinum
| Issuer | Royal Canadian Mint |
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| Year | 1992 |
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| Engraver(s) | Obverse: Dora de Pédery-Hunt Reverse: Ago Aarand, Cosme Saffioti |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | A cougar (Puma concolor) is depicted at rest upon a tree branch, its muscular body rendered in finely detailed high relief against a deeply mirrored proof field. The animal faces left, its forepaws folded beneath its chest and its hindquarters settled firmly on the branch, conveying a pose of alert repose. The engravers' initials 'GM' appear in the lower centre of the field. The legend 'CANADA' arcs along the upper periphery, while '300 DOLLARS' is inscribed along the lower border, separated by the mint mark. |
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This piece belongs to the Royal Canadian Mint's platinum bullion and commemorative program launched in 1990, one of the earliest sustained platinum coinage programs by any national mint. Canada's access to significant domestic platinum group metal production — largely a byproduct of the Sudbury Basin nickel mining operations in Ontario — made the series commercially and politically logical in a way it simply wasn't for most other sovereign mints attempting platinum issues at the time.