Canada 2014 20 dollars KM-1532

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Steve Album sale 55, lot 3253

This specimen was lot 3253 in Steve Album Auction 55 (Santa Rosa, CA, May 2026), where it sold for $120. The catalog description[1] noted, "CANADA: Elizabeth II, 1952-2022, AR 20 dollars, 2013, Dinosaur Series - Scutellosaurus, contains 1 troy ounce of pure silver, with COA and original Royal Canadian Mint case of issue, Proof. As per the Royal Canadian Mint, 'The second coin in the RCM's exciting new series featuring portraits of prehistoric animals discovered in Canada! The reverse image features an interpretation of what the Nova Scotian ornithischian (a small, bird-hipped dinosaur) may have looked like if similar to Scutellosaurus. The scientific accuracy of the depiction was verified by palaeontologists of the Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology. Viewed from its left side, Scutellosaurus shows rows of hundreds of armoured "scutes" that cover the entire upper portion of its body, from the back of its head to the tip of its exceptionally long tail. Its narrow head turns toward the centre of the image, facing the viewer with its right eye.'" This coin is dated 2014, not 2013. Other NCLT's in this denomination issued in 2014 included KM 1556, 1558, 1561, 1562, 1563, 1565, 1568, 1569, 1570, 1609, A1609, B1609, 1610, 1614, 1668, 1669, 1670, 1671, 1672, 1673, 1675, 1676, 1677, 1678, 1680, 1681, 1682, 1683, 1684, 1685, 1687, 1709, 1732, 1734, 1735, 1736, 1737, 1738, 1742, 1743, 1744, 1745, 1746, KM 1749, 1753, 1754, 1755, 1759, 1760, 1763, 1769, 1770, 1771, 1776, 1777, 1780, 1781, 1782, 1783, 1788, 1794, KM 1796, 1797, KM 1926 and 1927.

Recorded mintage: 5,245.

Specification: 31.39 g, 0.999 fine silver, 38 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM-1532.

Sources:

  • 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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