2512) Wildlife & Landscapes, Canada: The Royal Canadian Mint (RCM) has brought out a $50 (Fifty Dollars - CAN) Proof and Colour Silver Coin which depicts iconic wildlife and landscapes in Canadian Collage: Date/Year of Coin issue: 2022:
The Royal Canadian Mint has issued $50 (Fifty Dollars - CAN) Silver Proof and Colour Coins which highlight the natural beauty of Canada in colour.
The Header/Banner showcases the Obverse and Reverse of the Silver Coin against a background representation of a Canadian Natural landscape
Gorgeous grasslands, show-stopping shorelines, mighty mountains, and more. All of these breathtaking places exist within Canada’s vast borders, each containing its own assortment of beautiful flora and fauna.
Inspired by Canadian classic circulation coin designs, the coin’s colour-over-engraved portrait focusses on the diversity of landscapes through the seasons, all framed by the mighty maple leaf that proudly identifies Canada to the world.
The Coin:
These interesting sights are clockwise from the top:
The Aurora Borealis, the Canadian Rocky Mountains, a forest in autumn, Niagara Falls, the red cliffs of Prince Edward Island, wheat fields representing the prairie or Western Provinces, Arctic glaciers, and a quiet lake setting.
Taken from Canada’s currently circulating Reverse Coin Designs, the animals from Canada’s circulation coins are depicted in their natural habitat with:
The caribou — twenty-five cents
The beaver — five cents
The polar bear — two dollars
The loon — one dollar
To the bottom edge under the primary design is the addition of wildflowers such as bunchberry, fireweed, and the western red lily.
Above the design is the text "CANADA 2022", and to the lower right, the denomination of "50 DOLLARS".
The Obverse of the $50 (Fifty Dollars - CAN) Proof & Coloured Silver Coin features an effigy of Late Queen Elizabeth II.
(The Royal Canadian Mint (RCM) will advise the public about a new effigy bearing the effigy of King Charles III in due course and following consultation with Buckingham Palace. The remaining coins dated 2022 and issued until the end of the year will continue to include an effigy of the Late Queen).
The specifications of this Silver & Coloured Coin are:
Country: Canada; Year of issue: 2022; Denomination: $50 (Fifty Dollars - CAN); Coin Theme: "Canadian Collage"; Metal Composition: .9999 Fineness Silver; Diameter: 55.00 mm; Weight: 3.00 Oz or 94.25 grams; Coin Quality: Proof with colour over engraved relief; Embellishments: Coloured; Edge: Serrated; Mint: Royal Canadian Mint (RCM); Mintage: 3,000 pieces; Designer: Caitlin Lindstrom-Milne.
Packaging: faux leather matte Black clamshell/custom case with black beauty box; Certificate of Authenticity (COA): Yes, numbered/serialised.
- The Aurora Borealis (nature’s most colourful light show) is best viewed between September and April in Northern Canada. Yellowknife, N.T. is a prime Canadian destination for viewing these “Northern Lights” on a clear night, but it’s possible to catch a glimpse of it from elsewhere in Canada during a period of heightened geomagnetic activity.
- The Niagara Falls are three separate waterfalls that straddle the Canada-United States border - the largest one, the Horseshoe Falls (featured on this coin), is mostly located on the Canadian side.
In the summer, more than 168,000 cubic metres of water rush over the falls every minute during peak hours (the flow is impacted by nearby hydroelectric plants).
All of that water erodes the crest of the falls at an estimated rate of 1 foot every year, although it could be reduced further to 1 foot every 10 years.
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