Canada 5 Dollars Silver Coin with Niobium Colouring 2014 Rose - Flowers in Canada Series
The obverse features the effigy of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II by Susanna Blunt.
This coin shows a single rose selectively coloured so it stands out from a sea of blooms—a tribute to the crowning glory of Canadian gardens from coast to coast. The design is further enhanced by the coin's oxidized niobium core to create a stunning, one-of-a-kind effect.
Mintage: 6000
Composition: 99.99% pure silver with niobium core
Finish: proof
Weight: 9 g
Diameter: 28 mm
Edge: interrupted serrations
Face value: 5 Canadian Dollars.
Artist: Bert Liverance (reverse), Susanna Blunt (obverse)
Manufacturer: Royal Canadian Mint.
Special features:
• Second coin in this exciting new series showcasing Canada's popular flowers.
• Beautifully crafted in 99.99% pure silver with a niobium core on each coin that has been individually oxidized to permanently change the colour of the metal. Set against the niobium background, the single coloured rose stands out in its own unique way.
• Give this coin as a creative twist to the rose bouquet. It's a wonderful work of art for gardeners and anyone who appreciates the beauty and history of roses!
• Limited to 6,000 coins worldwide!
Canada's gardens are filled with a tremendous variety of flowers, but a few of them remain all-time favourites year after year. One of them is the rose, arguably the crowning glory of gardens everywhere. This seemingly delicate beauty is as old as the dinosaurs with roughly 150 species blooming in the Northern Hemisphere.
Today, gardeners cherish the rose for its endless forms and colours, its fragrance and its historic reputation as the preeminent exemplar of floral beauty from the Orient to the Middle East to Europe.
• There's a tremendous variety of flowers to be found in Canadian gardens, but a few superstar blooms remain all-time favourites year after year. One of them is the rose, arguably the crowning glory of gardens just about everywhere.
• Roses have been growing on Earth for 35 million years. There are roughly 150 species in the Northern Hemisphere from Alaska to Mexico and northern Africa.
• Today, gardeners cherish the rose for its endless forms and colours, its fragrance and its historic reputation as the preeminent exemplar of floral beauty from the Orient to the Middle East to Europe.
• The niobium core on each of these rose coins has been individually oxidized for a spectacular one-of-a-kind patina that will last forever. It creates a unique background to showcase the single flower that has been selectively coloured as a stunning tribute to every garden's reigning bloom.
Flowers in Canada Series
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