300 Dollars - Elizabeth II 2009

Weight

31.15 g

Diameter

30 mm

Thickness

2.5 mm

Material

Platinum (.9995)

Shape

Round

Edge Type

Reeded

Technique

Milled

Front design

Head of Queen Elizabeth II, as at 77 years of age, bare headed, wearing necklace and earrings, facing right.

Back design

The steppe bison with its imposing horns basedon images graciously provided by the Canadian Museumof Nature.

Year of Minting

2009

Queen

Elizabeth II (1952-2022)

Mint location

Royal Canadian Mint of Ottawa , Canada (1908-date)

Mint mark

NA

Orientation

Medal alignment ↑↑

Inscriptions

Obverse: ELIZABETH II D·G·REGINA SB Reverse: CANADA 300 DOLLARS 2009 9995 Pt

Context

The size and power of the Plains bison has been emblazoned intothe North American psyche by Hollywood “westerns.” It’s difficult to believe that a larger, even more imposing beast once roamed this continent. The steppe bison lived on the plains of Eastern Beringia, a large tract of land that emerges between Alaska and Northeast Siberia whenever an Ice Age locks much of the earth’s seawater in ice sheets on land. The steppe bisonhad large imposing horns with as much as a 1 metre (3 ft) spread between the tips on some males. This magnificent beast was hunted by cave lions, wolves and humans. Palaeontologists estimate it died out about 11,000 years ago.

Rarity

Ultra rare

Coin type

Non-circulating

In circulation

Yes

Demonetized

No

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