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50 Dollars - Elizabeth II The Hummingbird and the Bloom
| Issuer | Royal Canadian Mint |
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| Year | 2020 |
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| Value | 50 Dollars |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | The reverse, designed by artist Eric Boyer, presents a richly detailed close-up composition of zinnia blossoms and foliage native to North America, rendered in fine engraving with a luminous proof finish across the entire field. Two three-dimensional sterling silver-cast sculptural elements are affixed to the coin's surface: a rose gold-plated fully opened zinnia bloom and a gold-plated hummingbird. The hummingbird is mechanically articulated, suspended so that gravitational force causes it to orbit around the central bloom when the coin is tilted laterally, creating a dynamic interactive kinetic effect. The engraved inscription 'CANADA' appears in the upper field, with the date '2020' below, and the artist's initials 'EB' are incorporated into the design. |
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The Royal Canadian Mint has produced commemorative silver kilo-class issues in this format since the early 2000s, and by 2020 the program was firmly aimed at the collector gift market rather than any numismatic tradition worth tracing. There is nothing historically contingent about this coin's existence — no monetary event, no political decision, no anniversary.
The .9999 fineness is worth noting: finer than the standard .999 used by most sovereign mints, and a specification the RCM has leaned on aggressively as a marketing differentiator since the mid-2000s.