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2021 Canada’s Unexplained Phenomena $20 1oz Silver Coin - The Montreal Incident with Black Light Paint Technology

 

The fascination with UFOs and unexplained phenomena is featured on this 2021 $20 "Montreal Incident" fine silver coin, which transforms as select elements of the full-colour image luminesce with the included black-light flashlight. This is the fourth coin in an ongoing annual series, with previous issues selling out immediately and becoming extremely difficult to obtain in the secondary market.

Dubbed the "Montréal Incident," this famous UFO sighting is presented as a colourful, glow-in-the-dark design which transports you to the rooftop pool at the Hôtel Bonaventure Montréal on the night of November 7, 1990, when a mysterious object suddenly appeared in the sky. On the coin, the UFO's light beams are enhanced with black-light paint technology, which is activated by the flashlight that comes with the coin. A Fresnel optical effect alters that way light reflects on the coin, depending on your viewing angle—tilt the coin and you'll see! The obverse features a field pattern and the effigy of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II by Susanna Blunt.

About the Event:
November 7, 1990, 7:20 p.m.: A tourist was enjoying a relaxing swim in the rooftop pool of the Hôtel Bonaventure Montréal, when suddenly, green and yellow light beams emanating from a large, metallic object lit up the night sky. The woman alerted the lifeguard, who called the hotel's security guard; soon, guests, hotel staff and management had gathered to view this anomalous aerial object, which continued to hover in place. When the light beams suddenly became brighter, police were called in. Baffled, the first officer on the scene contacted his superiors, and before long, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, the Canadian military and even NASA were reportedly looking into this strange object. Sometime after 10 p.m., dense cloud cover obscured the view of the UFO, but photographs taken by a journalist provide compelling physical evidence of this unexplained phenomenon.

 

Special features:


• A Mint First: Fresnel Beams! On your coin's reverse, the UFO's light beams are enhanced by a Fresnel optical effect—a first for the Royal Canadian Mint! An array of features has been engineered in a way that alters the way the light reflects off the coin, so that it appears to move in, out and across the beams depending on your viewing angle.
• Black Light Technology: The UFO's bright light beams colourfully lit up the night sky, and they certainly do on your coin's reverse. Your coin comes with a black light flashlight that activates the embedded black light paint technology, which emphasizes the outline of the UFO and adds an intense, colourful glow to the light beams that are also reflected on the pool surface.
• Vertical orientation, like the 2019 coin that depicted the Shag Harbour Incident, this 1 oz. 99.99% pure silver rectangular coin features a vertical orientation that emphasizes height. It shows the UFO hovering in place above the rooftop pool of the 17-storey building, high above Montréal's busy downtown core.
• The obverse's engraved field pattern is a nod to the reverse design, and to the mysterious light beams that were observed by multiple witnesses on the night of November 7, 1990.
• Sold Out at RCM. Collectors love a good UFO story. The proof? All previous coins in the series sold out, and with a mintage of 5,000, this one has also sold out quickly.




Packaging:
Your coin is encapsulated and presented in a Royal Canadian Mint-branded clamshell with a black beauty box and black light flashlight.

 

Specifications:

Mintage: 5,000
Composition: 99.99% Pure Silver
Weight: 31.56g
Diameter: 49.8mm X 28.6mm
Face Value: 20 Dollars
Edge: Plain
Finish: Proof
Artist: Patrick Bélanger (reverse), Susanna Blunt (obverse)Bottom of Form

 

 

 

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