2975) Canadian landscapes and the effect of all Seasons, Canada: The Royal Canadian Mint (RCM) has issued a 3.00 Oz Silver Proof Coin depicting Canada through a collage on a Black Maple Leaf during various seasons: Date/Year of Coin issue: 06.07.2023:
The Royal Canadian Mint has released this coin featuring Canadian landscapes and the effect of seasons.
Each season has an established colour association, and those seasonal hues mirror the shades found in nature. They are well represented in this collage, where the use of colour over the engraved relief and changing colour schemes reflects nature’s cyclical transformation.
The Coin’s collage illustrates how nature is a key part of Canada’s natural resources. It features a composite of landscapes and wildlife species from across Canada, and it seamlessly combines them to ensure a smooth transition from one seasonal view to the next.
It isn’t just the landscape that undergoes a colourful transformation each year—some animals do too. Several northern mammals, including the Arctic fox and Peary caribou, are known to exchange their summer coats for heavier, whiter fur that keeps them warm in the winter.
Fiery reds, burnt orange and golden yellows—the colours one can associate with fall and fall leaves are mostly present in the landscape during spring and summer too, they are just masked by chlorophyll, a green pigment that is vital for photosynthesis. (The red colours are produced in the autumn, in response to bright light and plant sugars in the leaves.)
As summer turns to fall and sunlight decreases, leaves stop producing chlorophyll, which fades away to reveal other colours caused by various pigments - xanthophyll for yellow, carotenoid for orange, and anthocyanin for red. And once those pigments break down, only tannins remain in the leaves, resulting in a brown colour.
The Commemorative Coin:
Spring, summer, fall and winter - this eye-catching collage invites one to step into the Canadian landscape and experience the four seasons that shape life in Canada.
From spring’s bright hues and sun-soaked summer greenery to fall’s foliage-led colour change and winter’s snowy slumber, all four seasons unfold before your eyes, forming a spectrum of colours within the maple leaf that gives shape to our celebration of Canada’s natural beauty.
A Canada for all seasons.
The Reverse of the $50 (Fifty Dollars) Coin features a composite of landscape features from across Canada, framed by the outline of a black maple (Acer nigrum) leaf, which is one of 10 Canadian maple species.
Also seen are Canada geese (Branta canadensis) flying in a V formation—a sign of the changing seasons in Canada. A Canadian maple leaf.
The four-season view begins with a spring scene on the left, where a tundra swan (Cygnus columbianus) swims past flowery meadows and mountains under a colourful morning sky.
The scene transitions to a bright summer day, as a grizzly bear (Ursus arctos horribilis) catches its next meal.
Beneath the migrating geese in the sky, the green foliage turns to red, orange, brown and yellow in the fall view, in which the setting sun casts its glow on the grasslands and the iconic bison (Bison bison).
The final view, with its sleepy Arctic fox (Vulpes lagopus), captures the tranquil beauty of winter in Canada, while an iceberg adrift in the ocean hints at the eventual return of spring.
The Obverse of the $20 (Twenty Dollars) Coin features the memorial effigy of the late Queen Elizabeth II (1926–2022) designed by Susanna Blunt, which also bears a special marking to the left of the portrait that includes four pearls symbolising the four effigies that have figured on Canadian coins and the double date of her reign, 1952 and 2022.
Above the effigy is the text "CANADA. 2023" and the denomination of "20 DOLLARS", which is placed below the Queen’s image.
The specifications of this Coin are:
Country of issue: Canada; Date/Year: 25.08.2023; Denomination/Face Value: $50 (Fifty Dollars - CAN); Metal Composition: .9999 Fineness Silver (Ag) with colour over engraved relief; Weight: 3.0 Oz or 94.25 grams; Diameter/Size: 55.00 mm; Coin Quality: Proof (P); Mintage: 2,500 pieces; Edge: Serrated; Presentation Box/Case: Yes; Certificate of Authenticity (COA): Yes; Designer: Caitlin Lindstrom-Milne (Reverse) Susana Blunt (Obverse); Packaging: Black clamshell with black beauty box.
- Each coin is encapsulated and presented in a branded Royal Canadian Mint branded Custom Case accompanied by a numbered/serialised Certificate of Authenticity (COA).
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Links to Star Wars Theme Posts:
i) The Mandalorian, Niue Island: New Zealand Mint has issued Gold and Silver Coins depicting the popular STAR WARS spin-off; ii) "Grogu" ("Baby Yoda"): Year of Coin issue: 2021
2) "Cara Dune", Niue Island: Second Coin in "The Mandalrian Classic Coin Collection": New Zealand Mint has issued a $2 (Two Dollars - NZD) Silver Coins depicting character from the STAR WARS Spin-off, on behalf of Niue Island: Year of Coin issue: 2021
3) "ASSASSIN DROID IG-11", Niue Island: Third Coin in "THe Mandalorian Classic Coin Collection": New Zealand Mint has issued a $2 (Two Dollars - NZD) Silver Coins depicting characters from the STAR WARS Spin-Off, on behalf of Niue Island: Year of Coin issue: 2021
4) "GROGU" or "The CHILD" -("BABY YODA"), Niue Island: Fourth Coin in "The Mandalorian Classic Coin Collection": New Zealand Mint has issued a $2 (Two Dollars - NZD) Silver Coins depicting characters from the STAR WARS Spin-off, on behalf of Niue Island: Year of Coin issue: 2021
5) "Grogu in his mobile Cradle/Pram" or "THE CHILD" - ("Baby Yoda"), Niue Island: Fifth Coin in "The Mandalorian Classic Coin Collection": New Zealand Mint has issued a $2 (Two Dollars - NZD) Silver Coins depicting characters from the STAR WARS Spin-off, on behalf of Niue Island: Year of Coin issue: 2022
6) Ahsoka Tano, Niue Island: The Mandalorian Classic Coin Collection: New zealand Mint has issued Gold and silver Coins depicting the popular "STAR WARS" spin -off: Year of Coin issue: 2022
7) "BESKAR STEEL", Niue Island: "The Mandalorian Classic Coin Collection": New Zealand Mint has issued a $2 (Two Dollars - NZD) Silver Rectangular Coin depicting the highly impenetrable protection material in the STAR WARS Spin-off, on behalf of Niue Island: Year of Coin issue: 2021
8) "Bo-Katan Kyrze", The Legendary Mandalorian Warrior, Niue Island: New Zealand Mint has issued $250 (Two Hundred Fifty Dollars - NZD) Gold, $25 Gold (Twenty Five Dollarrs - NZD) and $2 (Two Dollars - NZD) Silver Coins depicting the popular STAR WARS spin-off: Year of Coin issue: 2022
Links to "Star Wars: A New Hope™":
9) The Sand Crawler ("The Mandalorian" & "Star Wars: A New Hope"), Niue Island: New Zealand Mint has issued $25 (Twenty Five Dollars - NZD) Gold and $2 (Two Dollars - NZD) Silver Coins depicting the popular STAR WARS spin-off: Year of Coin issue: 2022
Links to posts on Boba Fett:
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2) Boba Fett "Slave I" Starfighter, Niue Island: A One Oz Silver Coin depicts Fett's legendary spacecraft: Date of Coin issue: 10.12.2021 (with year of issue inscribed as 2022)
Other Links:
1) The "Empire's Death Star" (Star Wars), Niue Island: A Kilogram Dimensional Silver Coin of $ 100 NZD (Niue) minted by the New Zealand Mint on behalf of Niue Island:Year of Coin issue: 2021
2) "Star Trek", Starfield Command, United Federation of Planets, Tuvalu: $2 "Holey Dollar" united with a $1 "Delta" Coin-set
3) "Dune" (a Science Fiction Novel) by Frank Herbert, APMEX, USA: A set of Silver and Gold Coins/Rounds issued by APMEX celebrating the most iconic themes from the 2021 movie, based on the Novel being released in October 2021: Date/Year of Coins issued: 2021
4) "Star Trek", Canada: 50th Anniversary Celebrations (1966-2016): Canada Postes (Post Canada) has issued this lenticular set of two stamps featuring Star Trek characters from the franchise which debuted in Canada: Date/Year of Stamp set issue: 2016
Links to The Bad Batch Coin Series:
1) HUNTER - The Leader of the "BAD BATCH - STAR WARS, Niue Island: New Zealand Mint has issued Silver $2 (Two Dollars - NZD) Coins on behalf of Niue Island, depicting the "Clone Force 99" Group Leader: Year of Coin issue: 2022
2) WRECKER - The Demolition Expert of the "BAD BATCH" - STAR WARS, Niue Island: New Zealand Mint has issued Silver $2 (Two Dollars - NZD) Coins on behalf of Niue Island, depicting the "Clone Force 99": Year of Coin issue: 2022
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