20 Dollars - Elizabeth II Common Loon

€87,029.00
IssuerCanada
Year2016
TypeNon-circulating coins
Value20 Dollars
CurrencyDollar (1858-date)
CompositionSilver (.9999)
Weight31.39 g
Dimensions38 mm
Thickness
Shape and TechniqueRound
Milled, Coloured
OrientationMedal alignment ↑↑
Engraver(s)Susan Taylor
In circulation to
Reference(s) RCM/MRC#151607, KM#2204
Obverse descriptionHead of Queen Elizabeth II, as at 77 years of age, bare headed, wearing necklace and earrings, facing right.
Obverse scriptLatin
Obverse letteringELIZABETH II D•G•REGINA
(Translation: Elizabeth II Queen by the grace of God)
Reverse descriptionThe coin features selective colour over the engraved side-profile portrait of a baby loon, or chick, swimming at the edge of a lake in Algonquin Park. The brown-black downy feathers are given a soft appearance through detailed engraving as the chick splashes about in the water, flapping its wings and raising its webbed feet. The colour extends to the purple flowers and green-stemmed leaves of the pickerelweed in the foreground and behind the engraved adult female, which tenderly remains at the young loon`s side during its first weeks of life.
Reverse scriptLatin
Reverse lettering20 DOLLARS GL 2016 CANADA
EdgeSerrated.
Mint
Mintage2016  - Proof - 3 908
Catalog ID4527144610
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