Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
Token - Ontario's Niagara Parks / Butterfly Conservatory
| Location | Canada |
|---|---|
| Year | 1997 |
| Type | Log in to see details |
| Composition | Nickel |
| Weight | Log in to see details |
| Diameter | Log in to see details |
| Thickness | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Log in to see details |
| Technique | Log in to see details |
| Orientation | Log in to see details |
| Edge | Log in to see details |
| Period | Log in to see details |
| Notice | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | Log in to see details |
| Obverse description | Central device depicts Niagara Falls with a view of the cascading waterfall, rocky gorge, and observation facilities along the river below, all within a beaded inner circle. The circumferential legend reads ONTARIO'S NIAGARA PARKS at the top and NIAGARA FALLS · CANADA at the bottom, with the date 1997 in a small oval cartouche at the base flanked by maple leaf devices. |
|---|---|
| Obverse script | Log in to see details |
| Obverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Reverse description | Central device depicts a Monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus) perched on a flowering plant, shown in three-quarter view with detailed wing venation in relief. The circumferential legend NIAGARA PARKS BUTTERFLY CONSERVATORY arcs across the top within a beaded border, and MONARCH appears in the lower field beneath the device. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
| Reverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Mint | Log in to see details |
| Mintage | Log in to see details |
| Comments | Log in to see details |