Canada 2022 30 dollars KM-3750

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Steve Album sale 55, lot 3276

This specimen was lot 3276 in Steve Album Auction 55 (Santa Rosa, CA, May 2026), where it sold for $240. The catalog description[1] noted, "CANADA: Queen Elizabeth II, 1952-2022, AR 30 dollars, 2022, Royal Canadian Air Force - Red Knight, contains 2.015 troy ounces of pure silver, with COA and original Royal Canadian Mint case of issue, Proof. Designed by artist Susanna Blunt, the reverse is a tribute to the Red Knight’s legacy, and to its outstanding contribution to the RCAF and Canadian aviation history. As per the Royal Canadian Mint, 'This coin's reverse pays tribute to the Red Knight, the Royal Canadian Air Force Training Command’s famous aerobatic performer from 1958 to 1969. Historical liaison was provided by authors J.C. Corrigan and D.V. Dempsey. To represent that timespan, the Canadair-built T-33 Silver Star is shown performing a manoeuvre alongside its eventual replacement, the Canadair-designed and built CT-114 Tutor (background). Accompanied by the red, gold and white Red Knight emblem, both aircraft are painted in their distinctive red colour schemes of the 1960s and set against the RCAF Roundel’s (pre-1965) maple leaf.'" In 2022, this denomination was used for KM 3242, KM 3243, KM 3244, KM 3245, KM 3246, KM 3247, KM 3248 and KM 3750 (shown here).

Recorded mintage: 6,500.

Specification: 62.69 g, 0.999 fine silver, 50 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM-3750.

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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