Silver Coins

Theme: King of the Maples The Bigleaf is one of the largest and fastest-growing maple trees in Canada. Reaching heights of up to thirty metres, this elegant specimen is well named: its shiny, dark green, five-lobed leaves measure up to thirty...

2006 Jasper National Park - Pure Silver $20 Coin (TAX Exempt)Come explore the soaring mountains, active glaciers and rugged backcountry of Jasper National Park. Founded in 1907, this vast 10,878 sq km (4,200 sq mi) park looks much like it did when...

The wood bison is uniquely Canadian: in its natural state, it only occurs in Canada. It is also the largest land mammal in North America often reaching two metres in height and weighing over 900 kilograms, mirroring our vast land's massivity and power...

Few creatures can be said to thrive well in both cities and the wilderness. After nearly becoming extinct as a result of the use of DDT chemicals in the 1950s and 1960s, peregrine falcons were reintroduced and rehabilitated through the creation of...

Canada's environment is central to the country's cultural life; Canadians' interaction with their environment has proved a potent source of creative inspiration for centuries. Arguably the most well-known representations of Orcas have been derived from...

The United Nations General Assembly declared 2011 as the International Year of Forests to raise awareness on sustainable management, conservation and sustainable development of all types of forests.Canada's own boreal forest is the world's largest...

2011 25-Cent Coloured Coin -Barn Swallow COLOURED COIN The Barn Swallow: A Traveller’s Homecoming Signals the Return of Spring An agile, dancing flock of cinnamon-throated, forked-tailed birds has marked spring’s arrival for time...

The Bricklin SV-1:A radical, safety-conscious sports car During the 1970s, Saint John, New Brunswick, was the automotive capital of the world as it began producing the gull-winged wonder known as the Bricklin. Looking very much like Italy's Maserati (but...

2010 1oz Silver Maple Leaf Piedfort Piedfort - A coin of substance The word "piedfort" literally means "strong foot" in French and appeared centuries ago to mean "heavy measure" in minting. Today, "piedfort" indicates that a coin is thicker than usual...

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...