Tag: 20 Dollars

Bejeweled Bugs: Butterfly

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1 oz. Pure Silver Coloured Coin - Bejeweled Bugs: Butterfly - Mintage: 4,000

Exploring the new releases at Royal Canadian Mint at mint.ca.  They have a butterfly: 1 oz. Pure Silver Coloured Coin – Bejeweled Bugs: Butterfly – Mintage: 4,000 And here’s what they have to say: “A FIRST! A gemstone-adorned butterfly on a pure silver coin! Order today! Basking in the warm rays of the summer sun, the butterfly is arguably the winged jewel of the insect world! This timeless symbol of love, hope and faith has long been an object of fascination, admiration and inspiration around the world. It is also a powerful metaphor for life and change, famously transitioning from ravenous…

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Happy British Columbia Day!

In the late 1850s, gold was discovered in the Fraser River and Cariboo districts of British Columbia. The gold rush that followed brought a large influx of new inhabitants, changing the colony virtually overnight from a small settlement based on trading to a rapidly expanding one. The almost complete lack of a circulating medium occasioned great inconvenience. In 1859, Governor James Douglas requested Her Majesty’s government to ship out a specified quantity of gold, silver and copper coins. Silver and copper coins amounting to little more than half the value requested were shipped, but no gold coins. The governor, well…

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The Canoe

The Canoe

A shiny silver 20 dollars showing the iconic image. The figure in the Canoe is a young boy, the reflection a voyageur. “The boy breaks from paddling to dip his hand in the water… and touches the past – the reflection reveals an early native paddler (or voyageur) in a traditional birch-bark canoe as it also appears on the early silver dollar of 1935.” Specifications MintageLimited to 250000 coins worldwide Composition99.99% pure silver Finishspecimen Weight (g)7.96 Diameter (mm)27 Edgeserrated Certificatenot serialized Face value20 dollars ArtistJason Bouwman (reverse), Susanna Blunt (obverse) Thank you Royal Canadian Mint for quoted text, specification and image: http://www.mint.ca/store/product/product_exchange2011.jsp?itemId=prod1150003

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