Sterling Silver Coin & St...
$55.84 USD
Archived
Sterling Silver Coin & Stamps Set - Blue Whale (2010)
2010
Mintage 10,000
Archived
Sterling Silver Coin & Stamps Set - Blue Whale (2010)
2010
Mintage 10,000
$55.84 USD
Masters Club:
800
Status: CAN & US shipping only
Availability:
Out of stock in stores
About
Beautiful maple wood box containing two $10 Blue Whale stamps (Canada Post’s largest stamps ever), a $10 sterling silver coin, and a booklet filled with facts on the Blue Whale.
Highlights:
The blue whale is the last coin and stamp set in the Canadian Wildlife Series co-produced by the Royal Canadian Mintand Canada Post. The $10 sterling silver coin is presented along with two of Canada Post’s largest stamps ever in a beautiful maple wood box. Also includesa fact-filled, full-colour booklet on the blue whale.
Coin design:
A blue whale dives below ocean waves and a silhouette of a scuba diver.
Souvenir Sheet (2 stamps):
Each stamp, illustrated by Suzanne Duranceau, measures approximately 128 x 49 mm ( 5 x 1.9 in). Leading-edge security features are only visible under a specific type of light.
Includes a souvenir stamp sheet (2 largest stamps ever) and a fact-filled, full-colour booklet.
Giant of the sea.
The blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus) is thelargest animal ever known to inhabit the earth. Itcan grow up to 33 m (108 ft) long and can weighup to 180 metric tons (198 tons).
The blue whale’s gargantuan proportions remain hidden beneath ocean waves, only to revealthemselves for a brief, awe-inspiring moment whenever this majestic creature rises to thesurface to breathe—a whale watcher’s dream on Canada’s Pacific and Atlantic waters.
Due to severe hunting practices in the 1900’s,the blue whale is listed as an endangered speciesunder COSE WIC (Committee on the Status ofEndangered Wildlife in Canada).
The blue whale is the last coin and stamp set in the Canadian Wildlife Series co-produced by the Royal Canadian Mintand Canada Post. The $10 sterling silver coin is presented along with two of Canada Post’s largest stamps ever in a beautiful maple wood box. Also includesa fact-filled, full-colour booklet on the blue whale.
Coin design:
A blue whale dives below ocean waves and a silhouette of a scuba diver.
Souvenir Sheet (2 stamps):
Each stamp, illustrated by Suzanne Duranceau, measures approximately 128 x 49 mm ( 5 x 1.9 in). Leading-edge security features are only visible under a specific type of light.
Includes a souvenir stamp sheet (2 largest stamps ever) and a fact-filled, full-colour booklet.
Giant of the sea.
The blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus) is thelargest animal ever known to inhabit the earth. Itcan grow up to 33 m (108 ft) long and can weighup to 180 metric tons (198 tons).
The blue whale’s gargantuan proportions remain hidden beneath ocean waves, only to revealthemselves for a brief, awe-inspiring moment whenever this majestic creature rises to thesurface to breathe—a whale watcher’s dream on Canada’s Pacific and Atlantic waters.
Due to severe hunting practices in the 1900’s,the blue whale is listed as an endangered speciesunder COSE WIC (Committee on the Status ofEndangered Wildlife in Canada).
Specifications
Product Number
111991
Mintage
10,000
Composition
92.5% silver, 7.5% copper
Weight
27.78 g
Edge
reeded
Certificate
serialized
Face Value
10 dollars
Finish
proof
Artist
Pierre Leduc (reverse), Susanna Blunt (obverse)
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