The Eskimo Dog — more precisely the Canadian Inuit Dog — was the fourth subject in the Royal Canadian Mint's twelve-coin sled dog breed series running from 1997 to 1998. The series was conceived partly to satisfy a booming collector market for commemorative fifty-cent pieces, a denomination that had effectively ceased to circulate by the mid-1990s, making the entire run purpose-struck from the outset.
Mintage for individual breeds in this series varied, and some issues were struck in quantities low enough to generate immediate secondary market premiums on release.
The Eskimo Dog — more precisely the Canadian Inuit Dog — was the fourth subject in the Royal Canadian Mint's twelve-coin sled dog breed series running from 1997 to 1998. The series was conceived partly to satisfy a booming collector market for commemorative fifty-cent pieces, a denomination that had effectively ceased to circulate by the mid-1990s, making the entire run purpose-struck from the outset.
Mintage for individual breeds in this series varied, and some issues were struck in quantities low enough to generate immediate secondary market premiums on release.