Today we will continue the series called "Canadian Wildlife".
The Royal Canadian Mint is known by its high quality work and the enormous number of commemorative coins issued each year. Among these commemoratives we find many, individual or in series, under the theme "wildlife".
Canada, with its vast lands and seas, is the home of a varied fauna and that will be showed in this series.
I will try to post land animals, sea animals and birds, in that order.
The fifth is a 2017 CAD $20 "Breaching Whale".
It weights 31.39g with silver purity of 99.99% and Coloured Proof finish. The mintage was 7,500 units. The issue price was CAD $117.95.
The reverse features a three-dimensional depiction of a breaching humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae). The background depicts the waters off Canada’s coastline, where a lighthouse can be found on the headland rocks in the distance. The surface of the ocean alternates between soft waves and the smooth ripples caused by the whale’s sudden emergence. The whale itself was fashioned through a thermoforming process, the embossed whale stirs up foamy waves and a stream of ocean spray as it launches itself almost clear out of the water.
The reverse was designed by Matt Bowen.
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You are correct @ronavel the Royal Canadian Mint produces high quality work my friend!!! This is another example!!😀
A most beautiful coin!
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You're welcome @ronavel👍🙂
Very cool @ronavel! I like the colorization! Take care!
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"Thar she blows!"
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But he's not the great white whale Moby Dick.
Always wondered what gold doubloon Captain Ahab nailed to the ship's Mast.