Highlights:
• This Royal Canadian Mint Coin is the fifth coin in a series
that pairs engraved and painted flowers with a beautiful detailed rendering of
a creature that is native to Canada’s natural landscape.
• The Venetian glass turtle was handcrafted by master
glassmaker Giuliano Donaggio in Murano, Italy.
• Murano glass is world renowned for its vibrant colours,
which are perfectly suited to recreate the painted turtle’s own unique
colouring.
• A special addition to your nature or canadiana themed
collection
• The design is finely engraved and meticulously presented in
a beautiful proof finish (frosted raised elements on a mirror background).
• Your coin is GST/HST exempt.
Coin designs:
The
reverse design by Canadian artist Maurice Gervais uses colour to recreate the
leaves and white flowers of the broadleaf arrowhead (Sagittaria latifolia), which fills
the lower portion of the image field. A floating log serves as the perfect
sunbathing platform for a Venetian glass version of a painted turtle, which has
been handcrafted by master glass-maker Giuliano Donaggio in Murano, Italy.
Specifications
- Mintage: 12500
- Composition: 99.99%
pure silver
- Finish: proof
- Weight (g): 31.39
- Diameter (mm): 38
- Edge: serrated
- Certificate: serialized
- Face value: 20 dollars
- Artist: Maurice
Gervais (reverse), Susanna Blunt
(obverse)