- Country:Canada
- Collection:Silver Commemorative $10
- Metal:Silver
- Year:2014
- Denomination:$10
- Finish:Complete
- Weight (oz):0.51
- Purity:0.9999
- Mintage:17178
- Product type:Coin
The tenth and final coin in the Royal Canadian Mint's exciting 2014 O Canada series focusing on iconic Canadian images celebrates a uniquely Canadian winter holiday moment.
Special features:
¥ Masterfully crafted by Royal Canadian Mint engravers using a variety of engraving techniques and
finishes to bring depth and texture to the artist's rich original depiction of an iconic Canadian
winter scene.
¥ A limited mintageof 40,000 coins and captivating theme means that this piece is sure to be sought
after by collectors.
¥ Own a piece of the Canadian experience, painstakingly captured in a half-ounce of 99.99%
pure silver.
¥ An excellent addition to any holiday-themed, nature-focused, winter-themed or
Canadiana-themed collection.
¥ A beautiful gift or collectible for those who love coins that capture precious moments, rural scenes,
the outdoors, natural images, original artwork, and Canadian themes.
¥ Your coin is GST/HST exempt with a limited worldwide mintage.
Design:
The evocative reverse design by Canadian artist Doug Geldart presents a winter scene that captures the essence of cozy holiday scenery in Canada. In this festive image that highlights Canada's rural experience, we see the rolling hills and show-covered boreallandscape familiar to people across Canada. On the left of the coin, a quaint country house with sharply peaked roof and screened-in porch anchors the richscene. A snowy path, recently shovelled, leads fromthe viewer to the home, curving from the centre of the reverse field's bottom toward the house. Along the pathway, we meet, first, a waving, top-hatted snowman wearing a warm scarf and holding a wrappedgift box under one tree-branch "arm," and then an old-fashioned letter box decorated with a holiday wreath. Opposite the house is a largeconifer covered in snow and decorated with glass holiday balls. Behind the house, in the central background, we see the end of a dock jutting out over a frozen, snow-covered lake. Human footprints lead from the front door of the house, down across the lake and-in the far distance-toward a neighbouring home on the distant shore. The meandering shoreline is lined with bare deciduous trees and snow-covered pines. On the horizon, snowy hills dotted with conifers draw the eye upward, toward a sky inwhich three lone birds fly. The outer frame of the image also features a stylized gift box, festively wrapped for the holiday season.
