Canada 2008 4 dollars
This specimen was lot 3238 in Steve Album Auction 55 (Santa Rosa, CA, May 2026), where it sold for $75. The catalog description[1] noted, "CANADA: Elizabeth II, 1952-2022, AR 4 dollars, 2008, Dinosaur Series - Triceratops, contains 0.510 troy ounce of pure silver, with COA and original Royal Canadian Mint case of issue, Proof. Features a complete Triceratops skull, a rare discovery made in Saskatchewan in 1967, which is made with special tarnished silver. Triceratops is a genus of herbivorous ceratopsid dinosaur that first appeared during the late Maastrichtian stage of the late Cretaceous period, about 68 million years ago in what is now North America. It is one of the last known non-avian dinosaur genera, and became extinct in the Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event 66 million years ago." Other four dollar coins with dinosaurs include KM 728 (Parasaurolophus), KM 890 (Tyrannosaurus Rex), KM 1014 (Euoplocephalus) and KM 1022 (Dromaeosaurus).
Recorded mintage: 13,046.
Specification: 15.87 g, 0.999 fine silver, 34 mm diameter, 0.509 troy oz ASW.
Catalog reference: KM-797.
- Cross, W. K., The Charlton Standard Catalogue of Canadian Coins, 62nd Ed., Toronto: Charlton International, 2008.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 2001-Date, 13th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2018.
- [1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Hanbing Feng, Auction 55, featuring Selections from the Swamperbob Gurney Collection of Cap & Ray 8 Reales, the Kenneth A. Bovenkamp Collection of Ottoman Coins and the 1914 Collection of World Coins, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2026.
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