8 Dollars - Elizabeth II Bald Eagle

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.