Specimen Set – Monarch Butterfly (2025)

Specimen Set – Monarch Bu...

$47.02 USD
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Specimen Set – Monarch Butterfly (2025)

N/A 2025 Mintage 30,000
New

Specimen Set – Monarch Butterfly (2025)

N/A 2025 Mintage 30,000
$47.02 USD
Masters Club: 650 Status: CAN & US shipping only
Availability: Out of stock in stores

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Specifications

Product Number 248662
Mintage 30,000
Finish Specimen
Packaging Book-style packaging with removable lens
Series Set

Composition Brass plated steel
Weight 6.27 g
Diameter 26.5 mm
Edge Plain
Finish Specimen
Artist Julius Csotonyi (reverse), Steven Rosati (obverse)

Composition Outer ring: Nickel-plated steel, Inner core: Three-ply brass finish plated aluminum bronze
Weight 6.99 g
Diameter 28.03 mm
Edge Interrupted serrations
Finish Specimen
Artist Brent Townsend (reverse), Steven Rosati (obverse)

Composition Nickel finish plated steel
Weight 6.9 g
Diameter 27.13 mm
Edge Reeded
Finish Specimen
Artist Cathy Bursey-Sabourin (reverse), Steven Rosati (obverse)

Composition Nickel finish plated steel
Weight 4.44 g
Diameter 23.88 mm
Edge Reeded
Finish Specimen
Artist Emanuel Hahn (reverse), Steven Rosati (obverse)

Composition Nickel finish plated steel
Weight 1.75 g
Diameter 18.06 mm
Edge Reeded
Finish Specimen
Artist Emanuel Hahn (reverse), Steven Rosati (obverse)

Composition Nickel finish plated steel
Weight 3.95 g
Diameter 21.2 mm
Edge Plain
Finish Specimen
Artist G. E. Kruger Gray (reverse), Steven Rosati (obverse)

Design & Artist

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Julius Csotonyi, Artist

“I chose to illustrate the monarch in flight partly because their wings display more dynamic flexibility than most people realize, the wingtips bending in part to improve the aerodynamics of their flight. Also, a butterfly in flight depicts a degree of hope. ”

Julius Csotonyi, Artist

Alex Tirabasso, 3D Artist-Engraver

“Given the low relief height (approximately 0.12 mm), I had to employ sculpting techniques consistent with low-relief sculpting, known as basso-relievo, in order to create a realistic, fully formed butterfly out of the smallest amount of relief. Some of the finest details, such as the proboscis and antennae, were right on the edge of manufacturability – if they were any smaller, they may not have survived our multi-staged manufacturing process. The butterfly’s body has these minuscule patches that I had to carefully preserve to ensure they were still present on the master tooling, and I took great artistic satisfaction in sculpting the round bulbous eyes and proboscis—it's those small details that really bring the creature to life!”

Alex Tirabasso, 3D Artist-Engraver

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