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50 Dollars - Elizabeth II Antique Carousel
| Issuer | Royal Canadian Mint |
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| Year | 2018 |
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| Weight | 188.99 g |
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| Reverse lettering | CM CANADA 50 DOLLARS 2018 |
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| Mint | Royal Canadian Mint |
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The Antique Carousel belongs to a Royal Canadian Mint series celebrating the mechanical fairground rides that peaked in North American popularity between roughly 1880 and 1930, largely built by a handful of competing firms — Dentzel, Looff, Parker, and the Herschell-Spillman Company among them. By the postwar period, fiberglass replacements and stricter safety codes had retired most original carved-wood machines to museums or private collectors.
The selective gold plating over fine silver at this diameter and weight pushes the technical execution hard — the RCM developed its selective plating process across several large-format issues in the 2010s, with registration tolerances tightened significantly after early series showed misalignment under magnification.