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50 Dollars - Charles III Water Dragon
| Issuer | Royal Canadian Mint |
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| Year | 2025 |
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| Weight | 157.6 g |
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| Obverse description | The obverse features a gold-plated effigy of King Charles III facing left, rendered at approximately 74 years of age, set against a stylized wave-pattern field that provides a thematic continuity with the reverse design. The royal portrait is depicted in a contemporary naturalistic style without crown or regalia. The outer legend reads CHARLES III D·G·REX with CANADA and the date 2025 disposed around the periphery, accompanied by the denomination 50 DOLLARS. The initials SR below the portrait denote the sculptor responsible for the effigy. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Canada's lunar series issues from the Royal Canadian Mint have tracked the Chinese zodiac since the early 2000s, producing oversized silver formats aimed squarely at the Asian-Canadian collector market and export buyers in Hong Kong and Singapore. The Water Dragon year falls in a twelve-year cycle last observed in 2012, and the RCM has consistently issued companion pieces across that span, making cross-year comparisons a legitimate collecting framework rather than a marketing invention.
At 157.6 grams of .9999 fine silver with gold plating, this is a kilo-adjacent format — heavy enough to require purpose-built packaging, which the RCM supplies. The #248862 reference places it within the 2025 numbered issue sequence.