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Torch111
Parksville B.C.
The northern pintail is so named for its pin-like tail feathers. These long, skinny plumes accentuate the pintail's slender build. It's an elegant duck, with males typically sporting a chocolate-brown head, a blue-grey bill and a white neck with combinations of black, grey and white along the back, and a blackish-green patch called the "speculum" shimmering from grey wings.
In contrast, the female's colouring is far more muted to provide critical camouflage while nesting, but her bronze speculum and mottled brown feathers have an understated elegance all on their own.
The pintail is a fast and agile flyer. It's one of the first migratory birds to return to its Canadian nesting grounds after wintering in the south. The greatest numbers breed on the prairies and in the Western Arctic, where birders can delight in the graceful duck they affectionately call the "Greyhound of the Air."
Your coin is the perfect gift for a friend or family who enjoys birds or nature. Order your coin today!
Special features:
• The specimen finish and the ducks' own reflections perfectly convey the stillness of the water, while the design itself is a celebration of a beloved species that can be found from the Canadian Arctic to the Prairies.
• Birds are a popular theme that come alive in vibrant colour on your extra-large 25-cent coin. Your coin measures a full 35 millimetres across its diameter—plenty of space to showcase its endearing detailed design.
• Your coin is the latest addition in our popular series of bird coins.
• Your coin captures a moment typically seen during Canada's seasonal cycle of a pair of migrating pintails.
• Your coin has a limited worldwide mintage.
Design:
Your coin was designed by Canadian artist Trevor Tennant and features a pair of pintails floating serenely in the calm, mirror-like waters of their Canadian wetland habitat.
Packaging:
Your coin is encapsulated and presented in a Royal Canadian Mint-branded maroon clamshell with black beauty box.
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For hobbies.
Torch111
Parksville B.C.
Very nice addition to the set. Bright and colourful.
Jill
Ontario
I bought this coin as a gift and it was very well received. The colours are really pretty and the case is perfect for storing or displaying the coin. I would definitely purchase additional coins with colour from the Mint.
Melly
Ottawa, Canada
I love to collect for my grandchildren family and friends. Each and everyone are eye catching with quality. There is nothing I can say about these collection items that could be negative. Thank you very much for your fine work.
Rosabelle
Canada
The whole series of colorized birds and butterflies is beautifully done.
BuckeyeBeaver
Oxford, OH
this is a beautiful coin. the detail is a fine example of the quality you can expect from the royal Canadian mint.
buddha
thunder bay, ontario
Beautiful detailed colored coin.
JodyJane
Saskatchewan, Canada
Love these coloured coins the wildlife are really well done R.C.M. does a fantastic job hope this series goes a long time
Gordie
Barrie Ontario
Canadian Wild in any form, Animals, Birds, Trees, Insects, Fish are all great products for collecting, learning and creating interest in Nature for a child or an adults. Individual packages are great for gifting but for showing the collection they are a pain. Some sort of colourful book or case to house each series would be a good idea.
Coinman
Kanata
it was a great addition to the series
Old post
St. Catharines, Ontario
100.0
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