Insects

Theme:Canadian Tiger Swallowtail: Harbinger of SpringThe Canadian Tiger Swallowtail (Papilio canadensis) is one of Canada’s most recognizable butterflies. With its broad wingspan of up to ten centimetres and the distinctive yellow and black tiger...

Theme:Canadian Tiger Swallowtail: Harbinger of SpringThe Canadian Tiger Swallowtail (Papilio canadensis) is one of Canada’s most recognizable butterflies. With its broad wingspan of up to ten centimetres and the distinctive yellow and black tiger...

Nature's Canny Cultivator It is one of summer's iconic moments: a buzzing black-and-yellow bumble bee plodding heavily from delicate bloom to delicate bloom. A subgroup of the roughly 730 described species of bees (Apoidea: Anthophila) in Canada, bumble...

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...

Theme:This exceptionally beautiful coin is the third coin in the Royal Canadian Mint’s sought-after series featuring engraved and painted Canadian flora with one-of-a-kind, hand-crafted Venetian glass insects created by Giuliano Donaggio, a master...

Theme:This exceptionally beautiful coin is the third coin in the Royal Canadian Mint’s sought-after series featuring engraved and painted Canadian flora with insects. Description:The central field of this 35-millimetre coloured cupronickel coin...

Nature's Canny Cultivator: The Bumble BeeIt is one of summer's iconic moments: a buzzing black-and-yellow bumble bee plodding heavily from delicate bloom to delicate bloom. A subgroup of the roughly 730 described species of bees(Apoidea: Anthophila) in...

2006 BUTTERFLY COLLECTION SHORT-TAILED SWALLOWTAIL The fifth coin in this fascinating collection features a butterfly that can only be found in the Maritimes — the Short-tailed Swallowtail. As its name suggests, the tails on this butterfly are...