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25-cent Coin - Ruby-throated Hummingbird (2007)
2007
Mintage 20,000
ARCHIVED
25-cent Coin - Ruby-throated Hummingbird (2007)
2007
Mintage 20,000
$24.95 CAD
Masters Club:
250
Status: CAN & US shipping only
Availability:
Out of stock in stores
About
25-cent Coin - Ruby-throated Hummingbird (2007)
It is one of summer's most animated sights; ahummingbird flitting about the garden—up, down, left,right, even backing up -- often hovering in one place asit sticks its long, slender bill deep into a flower for adrink of nectar.
Not much bigger than a large moth, the hummingbirdpacks surprising punch for its diminutive size. Itaggressively defends its food supply and territory,successfully chasing away much larger intruders with itsquick, unpredictable maneuvers and the unsettling humof its wings beating 55 to 75 times per second.
Even an 800 km (500 mi) expanse of water is no matchfor this sturdy little bird that readily crosses the Gulf ofMexico to its wintering grounds in Central America—and returns north the following spring to mate.
Of the five species that live in Canada, the RubythroatedHummingbird (Archilochus colubris) is the bestknownand most widely distributed, delighting thosequick enough to spot it throughout eastern Canada andas far west as southern Alberta.
Special features:
• Beautiful full-colour painted design of Canada'sbest known hummingbird.
• This theme is featured in the Canadian WildlifeFederation's 'wildly' popular Hinterland Who'sWho program.
Packaging:
Coin encapsulated and presented in a maroon clamshellcase lined with flock and protected by a black beautybox.
Not much bigger than a large moth, the hummingbirdpacks surprising punch for its diminutive size. Itaggressively defends its food supply and territory,successfully chasing away much larger intruders with itsquick, unpredictable maneuvers and the unsettling humof its wings beating 55 to 75 times per second.
Even an 800 km (500 mi) expanse of water is no matchfor this sturdy little bird that readily crosses the Gulf ofMexico to its wintering grounds in Central America—and returns north the following spring to mate.
Of the five species that live in Canada, the RubythroatedHummingbird (Archilochus colubris) is the bestknownand most widely distributed, delighting thosequick enough to spot it throughout eastern Canada andas far west as southern Alberta.
Special features:
• Beautiful full-colour painted design of Canada'sbest known hummingbird.
• This theme is featured in the Canadian WildlifeFederation's 'wildly' popular Hinterland Who'sWho program.
Packaging:
Coin encapsulated and presented in a maroon clamshellcase lined with flock and protected by a black beautybox.
Specifications
Product Number
627107
Mintage
20,000
Composition
nickel plated steel
Weight
12.61 g
Edge
plain
Certificate
serialized
Face Value
25 cents
Finish
specimen
Artist
Arnold Nogy
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