5 oz. Pure Silver Coin – ...
5 oz. Pure Silver Coin – Heraldic Landscape: Birds of Canada
5 oz. Pure Silver Coin – Heraldic Landscape: Birds of Canada
About
Celebrate Canada through this rich tapestry of emblems and heraldic elements.
It is a powerful portrait of Canada formed by some of our most notable emblems and heraldry. Meticulously crafted in 5 oz. of luminous 99.99% pure silver and selectively gold plated, this collector’s item features a new rendition of the Arms of Canada, redrawn by the artist behind the arms’ present official rendition: Cathy Bursey-Sabourin. The coin’s large diameter (65 mm) allows the viewer to appreciate all the intricacies of the heraldic design, rivalled only by the elaborate border in which the birds of Canada – all 13 provincial and territorial emblems – are paired with heraldic division lines to form a stirring representation of the Canadian landscape.
Canada’s Coat of Arms, as you’ve never seen it before.
Special features
- A heraldic landscape. A celebration of heraldry and emblem art, this 5 oz. 99.99% pure silver coin presents a powerful pictorial representation of the Canadian landscape.
- Selective gold plating. Selective gold plating enhances the birds and the Arms of Canada.
- A prestigious addition. Exquisite art with a low mintage – only 1,300 of these engraved masterpieces are available to collectors worldwide.
- Includes serialized certificate. The Royal Canadian Mint certifies all of its collector coins.
Packaging
Your coin is encapsulated and presented in a Royal Canadian Mint-branded clamshell with a black beauty box.
Features
Supreme craftsmanship
In heraldry, all details are significant – even the smallest line. Your coin’s reverse features a complex design and very finely engraved details that stand out thanks to the use of intricate frostings.
New rendition of the Arms of Canada
The coin’s 65 mm diameter makes it 2.5 times the size of a 50-cent circulation coin (27.13 mm) and provides ample space for a new rendition of the Canadian Coat of Arms, which has been redrawn to fit a circular format – a Mint first!
Noted artist
Your coin’s reverse was designed by the artist who created and drew the present official rendition of the Canadian Coat of Arms: Cathy Bursey-Sabourin.
Specifications
Design & Artist
Reverse
Cathy Bursey-Sabourin
Obverse
Steven Rosati
Designed by Cathy Bursey-Sabourin, the coin’s reverse features a new rendition of the Canadian Coat of Arms, redrawn to fit a circular format. Around the Arms, the official birds of the provinces and territories of Canada, as well as heraldic stylizations and division lines representing key geographical features, are arranged in counter-clockwise order to form a pictorial representation of Canada from west to east, and across the north.
Starting at upper left: a Steller’s jay (British Columbia); a line engrailed for the waves of the Pacific coast; a line dancetty for the Canadian Rockies; a great horned owl (Alberta); a line invected for the round hills of the coulee landscape; a tapissé of wheat for the prairies; a sharp-tailed grouse (Saskatchewan); a great grey owl (Manitoba); a common loon (Ontario); barry wavy for the lakes of Central Canada and the Canadian Shield; a snowy owl (Quebec); a black-capped chickadee (New Brunswick); a line nebuly for the high tides of the Bay of Fundy; an osprey (Nova Scotia); a blue jay (Prince Edward Island); an Atlantic puffin (Newfoundland and Labrador); a line wavy crested for the Atlantic coast; a rock ptarmigan (Nunavut); a barry pattern representing the Arctic Ocean and the ice floes in Canada’s north; a gyrfalcon (Northwest Territories); and a common raven (Yukon).
The obverse features the effigy of His Majesty King Charles III by Canadian artist Steven Rosati.
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