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8 Dollars - Charles III Water Dragon
| Issuer | Royal Canadian Mint |
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| Year | 2025 |
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| Currency | Dollar (1858-date) |
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| Obverse description | Left-facing effigy of King Charles III depicted in civilian dress, wearing a suit and tie, rendered in high relief against a smooth field. The portrait, engraved by Steven Rosati, captures the King at age 74 with naturalistic detail. The legend CHARLES III arcs along the left periphery, while D·G·REX curves along the right. The denomination 8 DOLLARS is inscribed along the lower portion of the obverse. The engraver's initials SR appear discreetly below the bust truncation. |
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| Obverse lettering | CHARLES III D·G·REX 8 DOLLARS SR (Translation: Charles III, by the Grace of God, King) |
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The Royal Canadian Mint's annual lunar series issues are produced under license from — and in commercial alignment with — the broader international collector market for Chinese zodiac coinage, a category that exploded in the 1980s following the Perth Mint's early dominance of the format. The Water Dragon designation compounds the standard zodiac cycle with a secondary elemental attribution, meaning this specific pairing recurs only once every sixty years.