Insects

Theme:The first coin in the Royal Canadian Mint’s exciting new series featuring Canada’s animal architects focuses on the honey bee and its amazing home. Description:This silver proof coin is certified to be 99.99% pure silver with a...

One of Nature's Most Ephemeral Moments, Captured ForeverWith its front legs bent forever in seeming supplication, this carnivorous insect's predatory ferocity is easy to underestimate. Engraved from photographer Robert Ganz's award-winning Canadian...

Theme:The first issue in the Royal Canadian Mint’s exciting Dragonfly series featuring coloured dragonflies set in holograms. The first coin features the beautiful Libellula pulchella—the Twelve-Spotted Skimmer.Description:This silver proof...

Nature is a source of endless fascination, and this beautiful coloured coin celebrates one of its tiniest creations with a Murano glass beetle poised on a coloured design of a dogbane plant. Murano glass is famous for its bright, fluid colours, and this...

A delicate butterfly pauses to sip daisy nectar, its outspread wings glowing with crystalline beauty! In a Royal Canadian Mint first, this coin has added a semi-precious agate embellishment to an engraved 1-ounce coin of 99.99% pure silver. PRODUCT...

Celebrate the timeless beauty of Canada’s dragonflies with the Royal Canadian Mint’s popular Dragonfly series, which features painted dragonfly species set against holograms. The third issue in this series features the rare pygmy snaketail...

2006 BUTTERFLY COLLECTION – SILVERY BLUE   This sixth coin in our popular Butterfly series is a beautiful hologram of a Silvery Blue Butterfly. There are about a dozen subspecies of Silvery Blue (Glaucopsyche lygdamus) but only one...

The second coin in the Royal Canadian Mint’s exciting Dragonfly series featuring painted dragonflies set in holograms features the striking Anax junius—the Green Darner. PRODUCT SPECIFICATIONS:Item Number: 128863UPC:...

2005 BUTTERFLY COLLECTION – MONARCH Their bright and colourful wing patterns are a marvel.And every summer, people around the world arewitness to a fluttering art show as these natural worksof art take flight. Antarctica is the only...

2005 Butterfly Collection: Great Spangled FratillaryThe fourth coin in our popular Butterfly Collection brings the Great Spangled Fritillary into the spotlight with a dazzling hologram. There are 26 species of fritillaries throughout Canada and the Great...

Nature is awesome. This captivating coin highlights one of nature’s greatest partnerships that enables the mountains of western Canada to thrive. An orange-belted bumble bee gives life to flowers as it flies from bloom to bloom to collect the...

A glance, a touch, an action or a word: Love is that feeling of selfless joy that cannot be contained. Each loving relationship is unique and universal; whether it’s the bond between lovers, family members or friends, the deep connection between...