3022) "The Duncan Incident", Canada: "Unexplained Phenomena Coin Series": "The Sixth Coin in the Series": A $20 (Twenty Dollars - CAN) Rectangular Silver Coin minted by the Royal Canadian Mint (RCM) features the unexplained Duncan Incident: Year of Coin issue: 2023:
The Duncan Incident on Canada's West Coast: Canada’s Unexplained Phenomena Coin Series:
The fascination with UFOs and unexplained phenomena is featured on this 2023 $20 Duncan Incident fine silver coin, which transforms as select elements of the full-colour image luminesce with the included black light flashlight.
This is the sixth coin in an ongoing annual series issued by the Royal Canadian Mint (RCM), that highlights some of Canada’s most fascinating tales of unexplained phenomena, from strange sightings to close encounters.
About the Event:
Before dawn on the morning of January 0.01.1970, a nurse at a hospital in Duncan, B.C., opened the curtain in a patient’s room. What she saw next is depicted on this coin’s colour-over-engraved Reverse, where the UFO glows brighter when viewed under a black light.
The nurse described seeing a large saucer-shaped craft with a glass-like dome top. Inside the object, which was estimated to be 50.00 feet (15.00 metres) in diameter and illuminated from the bottom, two male-like figures clad in dark cloth appeared to be standing in front of a large panel.
Absorbed by the sight, the nurse studied both the craft and its occupants, and soon noticed one of the figures slowly turning to face in her direction.
The other figure then reached down to grab hold of a lever, and the tilted craft began to spin in a counter-clockwise direction.
She called over another nurse to witness the hovering object just as it silently, and swiftly, moved away, though its lights were still visible to two more witnesses who joined them at the window.
The Coin:
On the Reverse of the $20 (Twenty Dollars - CAN) Rectangular Silver Coin, is depicted the parting the curtains, as the nurse is shocked to see a big, brightly illuminated craft in the sky, where it is close enough for her to view two occupants standing inside the domed portion.
The mysterious object’s colourful lights are amplified when the embedded black light paint technology is activated.
On the Obverse of the $20 (Twenty Dollars - CAN) Rectangular Silver coin is featured a field pattern and an effigy of Queen Elizabeth II facing right.
This face features a wormhole background and the effigy of Queen Elizabeth II by Susanna Blunt.
The Obverse also bears a special marking that includes four pearls symbolising the four effigies that have featured on Canadian coins and the double date of her reign.
The specifications of this Coin are:
Country of issue: Canada; Year: 2022; Coin Series Theme: "Unexplained Phenomena"; Coin Theme: "The Duncan Incident"; Denomination/Face Value: $20 (Twenty Dollars); Metal Composition: .999 Fineness Silver (Ag); Weight: 1.0 Oz or 31.56 grams; Diameter/Size: 49.80 mm x 28.60 mm; Coin Quality: Proof; Mintage: 6,500 pieces; Edge: Plain; Special Technique: Colour, Glow-in-the-Dark; Presentation Box/Case: Yes; Serialised Certificate of Authenticity (COA): Yes; Designer(s): Patrick Bélanger (Reverse), Susanna Blunt (Obverse).
The Presentation Case/Box
- The coin is encapsulated and presented in a black Royal Canadian Mint-branded clamshell with a black beauty box.
- Packaging: Black clamshell with black beauty box- Each coin comes with a black light flashlight that activates the technology embedded on the coin’s Reverse. In normal lighting conditions, the colour-over-engraved reverse presents a view of the mysterious craft, but the bright lights described by the witnesses are more realistic when the black light paint technology is activated.
- The Obverse’s wormhole-like pattern is a nod to the UFO theme.
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