500 Dollars - Charles III Heraldic Landscape: Birds of Canada

Émetteur Canada
Année 2024
Type Non-circulating coin
Valeur 500 Dollars
Devise Dollar (1858-date)
Composition Silver (.9999)
Poids 5000 g
Diamètre 180 mm
Épaisseur
Forme Round
Technique Milled, Engraved
Orientation Medal alignment ↑↑
Graveur(s)
En circulation jusqu’à
Référence(s) RCM/MRC#246121
Description de l’avers Head of Charles III, as at 74 years of age, facing left.
Écriture de l’avers Latin
Légende de l’avers CANADA 2024 CHARLES III D·G·REX 500 DOLLARS SR
(Translation: Charles III, by the Grace of God, King)
Description du revers The coin’s reverse features a new rendition of the Canadian Coat of Arms, redrawn to fit a circular format. Around the Arms, the official birds of the provinces and territories of Canada, as well as heraldic stylizations and division lines representing key geographical features, are arranged in counter-clockwise order to form a pictorial representation of Canada from west to east, and across the north. Starting at upper left: a Steller’s jay (British Columbia); a line engrailed for the waves of the Pacific coast; a line dancetty for the Canadian Rockies; a great horned owl (Alberta); a line invected for the round hills of the coulee landscape; a tapissé of wheat for the prairies; a sharp-tailed grouse (Saskatchewan); a great grey owl (Manitoba); a common loon (Ontario); barry wavy for the lakes of Central Canada and the Canadian Shield; a snowy owl (Quebec); a black-capped chickadee (New Brunswick); a line nebuly for the high tides of the Bay of Fundy; an osprey (Nova Scotia); a blue jay (Prince Edward Island); an Atlantic puffin (Newfoundland and Labrador); a line wavy crested for the Atlantic coast; a rock ptarmigan (Nunavut); a barry pattern representing the Arctic Ocean and the ice floes in Canada’s north; a gyrfalcon (Northwest Territories); and a common raven (Yukon).
Écriture du revers Latin
Légende du revers DESIDERANTS MELIOREM PATRIAM A MARI USQUE AD MARE CBS
(Translation: They desire a better country From Sea to Sea)
Tranche Reeded
Atelier
Tirage 2024 - Proof - 100
ID Numisquare 3043559090
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