2011 Canada $20 Montana Blue Small Crystal Snowflake - Pure Silver Coin
This stunning 99.99% silver coin features three tumbling snowflakes, each crafted around a Montana blue Swarovski Element heart.
We
catch them on our tongue. We capture them in photos. We study them in
laboratories. Ephemeral, they always escape into mystery. For millennia,
scientists, poets, artists, and ecstatic children have marveled at snow
crystals.
Today we understand at least some of their magic.
Snowflakes begin their journey high in the atmosphere as tiny crystals
of water vapor frozen around particles of matter. They are built
molecule by molecule as they pass through cloud and sky, sculpted by the
pressures of wind, moisture, temperature—and finally, perhaps, by the
mittened hands of a gleeful child.
Because no two flakes follow
exactly the same path, and for other reasons, the lore is true: no two
snowflakes are exactly alike. Each is a work of art, its lifespan
measured in moments as it grows, melts, and changes on its journey back
to vapor.
While each crystal is unique, snow itself is bountiful:
an average snowfall sees about a million snow crystals for every two
square feet of ground covered in ten inches of snow. For part of the
year, half of the Earth’s land and ten percent of its oceans are covered
in these dazzling flakes.
Crafted with the greatest care and
skill, this truly unique collectible coin is available across
Canada—just like its namesake. But this snowflake will not change or
fade; it is yours to keep forever.
Obverse: Queen Elizabeth II
Reverse: Snowflake
Finish: Proof
Quantity Produced: 15000
Theme(s): Crystal Snowflake Series
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