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Fine Silver Coin - Purple Coneflower with Venetian Glass Butterfly - Mintage: 10000 (2013)
2013
Mintage 10,000
Archived
Fine Silver Coin - Purple Coneflower with Venetian Glass Butterfly - Mintage: 10000 (2013)
2013
Mintage 10,000
$104.67 USD
Masters Club:
1,500
Status: CAN & US shipping only
Availability:
Out of stock in stores
About
Previous coins sold out, hurry and order yours today!
The purple cornflower is a favourite among Canadian gardeners not only for its easy maintenance, but its ability to attract gorgeous butterflies like the eastern tailed blue. This tiny butterfly, one of Canada’s smallest and loveliest, can be found across southeastern Canada from New Brunswick to southeastern Saskatchewan. This coin is a fantastic collector’s item as wellas a unique and beautiful gift to commemorate a birthday, holiday, a graduation, the coming of spring or any other occasion.
All previous coins in this series sold out quickly, so order yours now!
Special features:
• This is the third coin in a series ofworld-renowned coins featuring one-of-a-kind Venetian glass embellishments on a beautifully engraved and painted flower native to Canada.
• Your coin is finely engraved and meticulously presented in a beautiful proof finish.
• Crafted in 99.99% fine silver and is GST/HST exempt.
• Low mintage of only 10,000 coins.
Design:
Canadian artist Maurice Gervais presents a stunning engraved and painted purple coneflower bloom. Theflower features a red-orange tubiflora centre and bright purple petals sitting atop a realistic green stem with two smooth leaves. Perched atop the flower’s lower-right petals is a jewel-like Venetian glass eastern tailed blue, hand-crafted by renowned Italian master glassmaker Giuliano Donaggio. The base of each dark blue-tinted translucent wings sports an orange dot. The reverse also features the word “CANADA,” the date “2013” and the face value of “20 DOLLARS.”
Packaging:
Your coin is encapsulated and presented in a maroon clamshell case lined with flock and protected by a black sleeve.
This is the third coin of a much sought-after series featuring hand-craftedVenetian glass insects.
Order yours today!
All previous coins in this series sold out quickly, so order yours now!
Special features:
• This is the third coin in a series ofworld-renowned coins featuring one-of-a-kind Venetian glass embellishments on a beautifully engraved and painted flower native to Canada.
• Your coin is finely engraved and meticulously presented in a beautiful proof finish.
• Crafted in 99.99% fine silver and is GST/HST exempt.
• Low mintage of only 10,000 coins.
Design:
Canadian artist Maurice Gervais presents a stunning engraved and painted purple coneflower bloom. Theflower features a red-orange tubiflora centre and bright purple petals sitting atop a realistic green stem with two smooth leaves. Perched atop the flower’s lower-right petals is a jewel-like Venetian glass eastern tailed blue, hand-crafted by renowned Italian master glassmaker Giuliano Donaggio. The base of each dark blue-tinted translucent wings sports an orange dot. The reverse also features the word “CANADA,” the date “2013” and the face value of “20 DOLLARS.”
Packaging:
Your coin is encapsulated and presented in a maroon clamshell case lined with flock and protected by a black sleeve.
This is the third coin of a much sought-after series featuring hand-craftedVenetian glass insects.
Order yours today!
Specifications
Product Number
121899
Mintage
10,000
Composition
fine silver (99.99% pure)
Weight
31.39 g
Edge
serrated
Certificate
serialized
Face Value
20 dollars
Finish
proof (with colour and Venetian glass butterfly on the reverse)
Artist
Maurice Gervais (coin), Giuliano Donaggio (butterfly) (reverse)
, Susanna Blunt (obverse)
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