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| Issuer | Royal Canadian Mint |
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| Year | 2010 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse description | Right-facing effigy of Queen Elizabeth II as depicted at age 77, rendered by engraver Susan Taylor after the portrait by Susanna Blunt. The Queen is shown bare-headed, wearing a necklace and drop earrings. The obverse legend arcs above and below the effigy across the upper and lower fields. |
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| Mint | Royal Canadian Mint, Ottawa |
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This piece belongs to the RCM's coloured coin program, which by 2010 had been running for over a decade and had turned the Mint into one of the world's leading producers of collector-targeted issues with applied enamel and pigment work. The 14-karat gold composition — unusual in a market dominated by 24-karat bullion and 22-karat circulation standards — was chosen specifically for the collector series to balance cost against the prestige of a gold designation.
No secondary market pressure from circulation. These were sold directly to collectors at issue, and survival rates in original packaging are correspondingly high.