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5 Dollars - Elizabeth II Colored GML, 20 Years Privy
| Issuer | Royal Canadian Mint |
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| Year | 1999 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse description | Diademed effigy of Queen Elizabeth II facing right, as rendered by Dora de Pédery-Hunt, depicting the Queen at approximately 64 years of age adorned with the royal diadem, a necklace, and earrings. The obverse legend reads ELIZABETH II flanked by the denomination 5 DOLLARS and the date 1999, arranged around the portrait in the field. |
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| Reverse lettering | CANADA 9999 9999 20 YEARS ANS FINE GOLD 1/20 OZ OR PUR |
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The "GML" designation identifies this as part of the Royal Canadian Mint's Gold Maple Leaf series, with the 20-year privy mark commemorating the original 1979 introduction of the Gold Maple Leaf — the first modern bullion coin to achieve .9999 fine purity, a standard that forced competitors including the South African Krugerrand and Austrian Philharmonic to eventually revise their own fineness claims. The colored variant was a limited collector device applied that year as the RCM began experimenting with selective colorization on bullion issues.