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500 Dollars - Elizabeth II Peregrine Falcon
| Issuer | Royal Canadian Mint |
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| Year | 2017 |
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| Value | 500 Dollars |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | A highly detailed, naturalistic depiction of a Peregrine Falcon dominates the reverse field, shown in a dramatic landing or stooping posture with wings fully spread and talons extended forward. The bird's plumage is rendered with exceptional engraving detail, capturing individual feather striations throughout the wings, breast, and tail. The legend CANADA arcs along the upper periphery in raised capitals, while 500 DOLLARS · 2017 curves along the lower periphery. To the left of the falcon, the inscriptions 5 OZ and 9999 Au appear in two lines, denoting the coin's gold content and fineness. The engraver's initials ED appear below the falcon near the lower field. |
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The Peregrine Falcon series from the Royal Canadian Mint sits at the upper end of the "wildlife bullion" category that Canadian mints leaned into heavily through the 2010s — large-format, high-purity gold intended as much for collectors as for metal investors. At .9999 fineness, this is among the purest gold coin productions commercially available, a standard the RCM pioneered and has maintained as a competitive differentiator against sovereign mints still issuing at .9167.
The Peregrine is the fastest animal on earth in a dive, recorded above 380 km/h — a detail the RCM has leveraged across multiple formats and denominations in this series.