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50 Dollars - Elizabeth II Maple Leaves in Motion
| Issuer | Royal Canadian Mint |
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| Year | 2022 |
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| Weight | 154.6 g |
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| Obverse description | Right-facing effigy of Queen Elizabeth II at approximately 77 years of age, bareheaded, wearing a necklace and earrings, after the portrait by Susan Taylor. The legend arcs above and below the effigy, with the denomination flanking the portrait. The field is adorned with an intricate background pattern of stylized maple leaves, lending a dynamic textural quality to the design. |
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| Mintage | 2022 - Proof |
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The Royal Canadian Mint introduced rhodium plating to its bullion-adjacent collector issues as a direct response to tarnishing complaints from the mid-2010s, when high-purity .9999 silver proved more chemically reactive than the alloyed silver used in earlier decades. Rhodium, a platinum-group metal, is harder than silver by a significant margin and provides near-permanent resistance to oxidation — but it also alters surface reflectivity in ways that divide collector opinion sharply.
KM#3253 is part of a broader Maple Leaves in Motion series that leans into the Mint's laser micro-engraving technology, first deployed commercially around 2014 on the standard one-ounce bullion Maple Leaf as an anti-counterfeiting measure.