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8 Dollars - Elizabeth II Bald Eagle
| Issuer | Royal Canadian Mint |
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| Year | 2020-2021 |
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| Value | 8 Dollars |
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| Obverse description | The obverse features the fourth definitive effigy of Queen Elizabeth II by Susanna Blunt, depicting the monarch in right-facing profile at approximately 77 years of age, bare-headed, wearing a necklace and drop earrings. The legend ELIZABETH II D·G·REGINA arcs along the upper periphery, with the denomination 8 DOLLARS inscribed below. The portrait is rendered in a refined, naturalistic style consistent with the Blunt effigy used on Canadian coinage from 2003 onward. |
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| Mintage | 2020 - (fr) Lingot - 2021 - KM# 3110 - |
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The bald eagle series from the Royal Canadian Mint occupies an odd commercial niche — a Canadian crown issuer producing wildlife coinage clearly aimed at the American collector market. The $8 denomination itself has no circulation function; it exists purely as a pricing anchor for bullion-adjacent collector pieces, set just high enough to clear the silver melt value at issue date.
The .9999 fineness is worth noting practically: at four nines purity, the planchets are marginally softer than sterling, making bag marks from handling more likely than on lower-purity issues.