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5 Dollars - Elizabeth II Swimming
| Issuer | Royal Canadian Mint |
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| Year | 1975 |
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| Currency | Dollar (1858-date) |
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| Reverse description | The reverse features an abstract stylized design evoking the motion of swimmers in multiple lanes, rendered as a series of undulating parallel lines crossing the central field, suggestive of water lanes and athletic movement. In the upper portion of the field, the official Montreal 1976 Olympic Games logo appears to the left, comprising the Olympic rings surmounted by a stylized flame motif. The bilingual inscriptions OLYMPIADE XXI OLYMPIAD appear to the upper right, with MONTREAL 1976 to the upper left. The denomination 5 Dollars is inscribed along the lower rim. |
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| Mint | Royal Canadian Mint |
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One of sixteen silver coins issued across four Olympic series between 1973 and 1976, this piece was produced specifically to fund the Montreal Games — Canada's first Summer Olympics. The program was unprecedented in scale for a national mint, and the Royal Canadian Mint struggled considerably with it, running behind schedule and ultimately requiring supplemental striking contracts. Montreal itself famously finished the Games with construction incomplete, and the associated debt was not retired until 2006.
The two catalogue references (RC-1420a and RC-1420b) reflect a documented difference in the frosted finish applied to proof-like examples.