20 Dollars - Elizabeth II Mercuriceraptors Gemini

€1.00
IssuerCanada
Year2022
TypeNon-circulating coin
Value20 Dollars
CurrencyDollar (1858-date)
CompositionRhodium plated silver (.9999)
Weight31.39 g
Dimensions38 mm
Thickness
Shape and TechniqueRound
Milled
OrientationMedal alignment ↑↑
Engraver(s)Susan Taylor
In circulation to
Reference(s) RCM/MRC#203129, KM#3238
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 descriptionDesigned by Canadian paleoartist Julius Csotonyi, the coin’s reverse features the fossilized skull of Mercuriceratops gemini, a recently discovered horned dinosaur species. Beneath the black rhodium plating, the engraved texture represents the rock formation in Alberta’s Dinosaur Provincial Park where a key fossil fragment was found.
Reverse scriptLatin
Reverse letteringCANADA 20 Mercuriceratops gemini DOLLARS
(Translation: Mercury`s Horned Face)
EdgeReeded
Mint
Mintage2022  - Matte proof - 10 000
Catalog ID4351369650
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