Canada $20 2017 Centennial (gold-plated silver) melt value

What this coin is

The 2017 Confederation $20 is gold-plated silver, 9.25 g of .9999 silver. It copies the 1967 gold $20 design for Canada’s 150th. It is not 0.5288 oz gold. Melt is silver only, about 0.297 oz.

What is written on the coin

Same Machin bust, but a P (plated) under the Queen. Reverse shows both 1967 and 2017, CANADA, 20 DOLLARS, coat of arms.

Metal content (the melt spec)

Mint specification: 9.2500 grams at 99.99% fine, which is 0.29740 troy oz of pure silver (ASW). Formula: grams × fineness ÷ 31.1034768. Date and mintmark do not change that number. Looks like the 1967 $20 gold. It is 9.25 g of .9999 silver with gold plating. P on the obverse; both 1967 and 2017 on the reverse. Not 0.5288 oz gold. Melt today is $19.54 per coin at $65.71 silver.

Mintage

Mintage varies by date. We do not publish a year-by-year mintage table here because melt is the same for this composition. A scarce date or a high grade can be worth more than melt; a common worn piece is often near melt.

A little history

Royal Canadian Mint special-edition proof set piece for 2017. Shops are offered these as “1967 gold twenties.” They are not.

How to tell you have this type

P under the bust, two dates, about 9.3 g. The real 1967 gold $20 is 18.27 g, one date, no P.

Date and mintmark do not change the metal on this page. Collector value is a different market — a shop looks at date, mint, and condition. Melt is the floor.

Same look, different composition: Canada $20 gold Confederation (1967). Use the page that matches what you actually have — karat and weight change the melt.