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15 Dollars - Charles III Three-masted Schooner
| Issuer | Royal Canadian Mint |
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| Year | 2025 |
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| Diameter | 36.07 mm |
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| Reverse description | The reverse depicts, with selective colour enhancement, a starboard quarter view of a three-masted tern schooner under full sail on a close reach in a brisk breeze, her starboard side lifting as she heels to port. A deck cargo of timber is prominently stowed along the hull of this coastal trading vessel, characteristic of the working schooners that plied Canadian waters in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. A patent log is shown towed astern, used historically to measure speed and distance sailed. The legend CANADA and the date 2025 appear in the upper field, with the engraver's initials JMH also present. The scene is rendered with fine nautical detail evoking the traditions of Canadian maritime commerce. |
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| Reverse lettering | CANADA 2025 JMH |
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The three-masted schooner was the workhorse of Canadian coastal and Great Lakes trade through the nineteenth century, and the type persisted in active commercial use on the Great Lakes well into the 1920s — longer than almost anywhere else in the world, primarily because lake conditions and cargo economics made sail competitive against early steam. The Alma and vessels like her were still hauling lumber and grain under canvas when automobiles were already common on the docks receiving them.
This is a 2025 bullion-adjacent collector issue from the RCM's ongoing fine silver series under Charles III's effigy, which first appeared on Canadian coinage following Elizabeth II's death in September 2022.