Description
The tenth and final coin in the Royal Canadian Mint’s exciting 2014 O Canada series focusing on iconic Canadian images celebrates a uniquely Canadian winter holiday moment.
PRODUCT SPECIFICATIONS:
SRP: $39.95
Item Number: 129007
UPC: 6-23932-05282-6
Composition: 99.99% pure silver
Mintage: 40,000
Weight (g): 15.87
Diameter (mm): 34
Face Value: $10
Finish: Matte Proof
Edge: Serrated
Artist: Doug Geldart
Packaging: Maroon clamshell with custom beauty box
SPECIAL FEATURES:
- Masterfully crafted by Royal Canadian Mint engravers using a variety of engraving techniques and finishes to bring depth and texture to the artist’s rich original depiction of an iconic Canadian winter scene.
- A limited mintage of 40,000 coins and captivating theme means that this piece is sure to be sought after by collectors.
- Own a piece of the Canadian experience, painstakingly captured in a half-ounce of 99.99% pure silver.
- An excellent addition to any holiday-themed, nature-focused, winter-themed or Canadiana-themed collection.
- A beautiful gift or collectible for those who love coins that capture precious moments, rural scenes, the outdoors, natural images, original artwork, and Canadian themes.
DESIGN:
The evocative reverse design by Canadian artist Doug Geldart presents a winter scene that captures the essence of cozy holiday scenery in Canada. In this festive image that highlights Canada’s rural experience, we see the rolling hills and show-covered boreal landscape familiar to people across Canada. On the left of the coin, a quaint country house with sharply peaked roof and screened-in porch anchors the rich scene. A snowy path, recently shovelled, leads from the viewer to the home, curving from the centre of the reverse field’s bottom toward the house. Along the pathway, we meet, first, a waving, top-hatted snowman wearing a warm scarf and holding a wrapped gift box under one tree-branch “arm,” and then an old-fashioned letter box decorated with a holiday wreath. Opposite the house is a large conifer covered in snow and decorated with glass holiday balls. Behind the house, in the central background, we see the end of a dock jutting out over a frozen, snow-covered lake. Human footprints lead from the front door of the house, down across the lake and—in the far distance—toward a neighbouring home on the distant shore. The meandering shoreline is lined with bare deciduous trees and snow-covered pines. On the horizon, snowy hills dotted with conifers draw the eye upward, toward a sky in which three lone birds fly. The outer frame of the image also features a stylized gift box, festively wrapped for the holiday season
