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5 Dollars - Elizabeth II Hockey Player, Gold plated
| Issuer | Royal Canadian Mint |
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| Year | 2010 |
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| Weight | 31.1035 g |
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| Obverse lettering | 5 DOLLARS · CANADA · 2010 · ELIZABETH II · 2010 |
| Reverse description | Central design featuring a stylized ice hockey player in dynamic skating pose, rendered in frosted relief against the gold-plated field. The composition incorporates a maple leaf and an Inukshuk motif symbolising the spirit of the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Games, along with the Olympic rings privy mark and the date 2010. Peripheral and field inscriptions identify the issuer, fineness, and weight, with the city names Vancouver and Whistler noted as Olympic host venues. |
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Issued to coincide with the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics, this piece belongs to a broader RCM bullion and collector program that produced dozens of sport-themed issues in the lead-up to the Games. Canada's gold-plated silver Olympic coins from this period were aggressively marketed internationally, particularly in Asian markets where gold-surface silver coins had demonstrated strong retail demand throughout the 2000s.
The .9999 fine silver specification was a deliberate commercial choice — the RCM had standardized on four-nines purity for its collector-grade silver issues beginning in the mid-2000s, differentiating them from the .999 standard common to most other mints at the time.