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500 Dollars - Elizabeth II Mythical Realms of the Haida: The Orca
| Issuer | Royal Canadian Mint |
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| Year | 2016 |
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| Engraver(s) | Susan Taylor |
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| Obverse description | The obverse bears the fourth definitive effigy of Queen Elizabeth II by Susanna Blunt, depicting a right-facing bare-headed portrait of the Queen at approximately 77 years of age. The effigy shows the Queen wearing a necklace and earrings, rendered in fine relief against a polished field. The obverse legend arcs around the upper periphery reading ELIZABETH II D•G•REGINA, with the engraver's initials SB discretely placed near the truncation of the portrait. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse presents a dynamic Haida-style artistic composition depicting an orca breaching powerfully from stylized water, rendered in the traditional formline design tradition of the Haida people of the Pacific Northwest Coast. Concealed within the bold black-and-red ovoid forms and flowing lines of the orca's body is the hidden figure of a female form draped beneath the creature's cloak, a reference to Haida mythological tradition. The design employs the characteristic Haida artistic vocabulary of primary and secondary formlines, U-forms, and split-U elements in high relief. The legend CANADA 500 DOLLARS 2016 is inscribed around the lower periphery of the reverse field. |
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| Mintage | 2016 - Proof - 35 |
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