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5 Dollars - Elizabeth II Woolly Mammoth
| Issuer | Royal Canadian Mint |
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| Year | 2014 |
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| Value | 5 Dollars |
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| Reverse lettering | CANADA 9999 FINE GOLD 1/10 OZ OR PUR MWS |
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| Mintage | 2014 - Proof - 3,001 |
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Part of the RCM's ongoing "Ancient Canada" bullion series, this issue appeared when the Royal Canadian Mint was aggressively expanding its fine gold fractional market — competing directly with established fractional programs from Perth and the U.S. Mint. The woolly mammoth was a deliberate choice: remains have been recovered from permafrost across the Yukon and Northwest Territories, making it unambiguously Canadian in provenance rather than generic prehistoric fauna.
The .9999 fineness — four nines — was the RCM's standard for this series, achieved through a refining process the mint had pioneered for its Maple Leaf program decades earlier.