Canada 20 Dollars Silver Coin 2015 Grizzly Bear: Togetherness
Grizzly Bear series
As spring returns to the Canadian landscape, the grizzly bear (Ursus arctos) emerges from its winter den to seek out food. For many, spring is also a time for finding a mate; during the ensuing mating season from late May to July, the male grizzly bear seeks out any scent trail that leads him to a receptive female. Barring competition from other males, this new couple will spend some time grazing and walking together, even cuddling and nuzzling one another, as courting leads to mating before the male returns to its solitary life. It is a timeless, ritualised process that is essential to the species' survival, and creates touching moments such as the one depicted on this fine silver coin's reverse.
Obverse: Susanna Blunt’s design of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.
Reverse: Designed by Canadian artist Lauren Crawshaw, your coin features a loving portrait of two grizzly bears forming a bond during the mating season. In the quiet of one of western Canada's forests, a male and a female have come together to begin their brief courtship. Seen in three-quarter profile but with its head turned to the side, the larger-sized male is on all fours in the grassy area where they have spent the day grazing. The smaller sized female is playfully standing against the side of the male, with large forepaws resting on either side of the male's shoulder hump. But the female's gaze is fixed upon the viewer, as though we are intruding upon an intimate moment.
Mintage: 6500.
Composition: 99.99% pure silver.
Finish: proof.
Weight: 31.39 g.
Diameter: 38 mm.
Edge: plain.
Face value: 20 Canadian Dollars.
Artist: Lauren Crawshaw (reverse), Susanna Blunt (obverse).
Manufacturer: Royal Canadian Mint.
Special features:
- With impeccable precision, beautiful edge lettering indicates the coin's metal weight.
- Crafted from 99.99% pure silver, this 1 oz coin offers a warm portrait of two grizzly bears during their courtship.
- Second issue in the four-coin grizzly bear fine silver series! Second of a new grizzly bear series of four silver coins, with each one drawing you into the grizzly bear's way of life in the Canadian wilderness.
