| Issuer | Canada |
| Year | 2024 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
| Value | 500 Dollars |
| Currency | Dollar (1858-date) |
| Composition | Silver (.9999) |
| Weight | 5000 g |
| Dimensions | 180 mm |
| Thickness | |
| Shape and Technique | Round Milled, Engraved |
| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
| Engraver(s) | |
| In circulation to | |
| Reference(s) | RCM/MRC#246121 |
| Obverse description | Head of Charles III, as at 74 years of age, facing left. |
| Obverse script | Latin |
| Obverse lettering | CANADA 2024
CHARLES III D·G·REX
500 DOLLARS
SR (Translation: Charles III, by the Grace of God, King) |
| Reverse description | The coin’s reverse features a new rendition of the Canadian Coat of Arms, redrawn to fit a circular format. Around the Arms, the official birds of the provinces and territories of Canada, as well as heraldic stylizations and division lines representing key geographical features, are arranged in counter-clockwise order to form a pictorial representation of Canada from west to east, and across the north. Starting at upper left: a Steller’s jay (British Columbia); a line engrailed for the waves of the Pacific coast; a line dancetty for the Canadian Rockies; a great horned owl (Alberta); a line invected for the round hills of the coulee landscape; a tapissé of wheat for the prairies; a sharp-tailed grouse (Saskatchewan); a great grey owl (Manitoba); a common loon (Ontario); barry wavy for the lakes of Central Canada and the Canadian Shield; a snowy owl (Quebec); a black-capped chickadee (New Brunswick); a line nebuly for the high tides of the Bay of Fundy; an osprey (Nova Scotia); a blue jay (Prince Edward Island); an Atlantic puffin (Newfoundland and Labrador); a line wavy crested for the Atlantic coast; a rock ptarmigan (Nunavut); a barry pattern representing the Arctic Ocean and the ice floes in Canada’s north; a gyrfalcon (Northwest Territories); and a common raven (Yukon). |
| Reverse script | Latin |
| Reverse lettering | DESIDERANTS MELIOREM PATRIAM
A MARI USQUE AD MARE
CBS (Translation: They desire a better country From Sea to Sea) |
| Edge | Reeded |
| Mint | |
| Mintage | 2024 - Proof - 100 |
| Catalog ID | 3043559090 |
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