- Country:Canada
- Collection:Silver Commemorative $20
- Metal:Silver
- Year:2015
- Denomination:$20
- Finish:Complete
- Weight (oz):1.009
- Purity:0.9999
- Mintage:5145
- Product type:Coin
As spring returns to the Canadian landscape, the grizzly bear (Ursus arctos) emerges from its winter den to seek out food. For many, spring isalso a time for finding a mate; during the ensuingmating season from late May to July, the male grizzly bear seeks out any scent trail that leads him toa receptive female. Barring competition from othermales, this new couple will spend some time grazing and walking together, even cuddling and nuzzling one another, as courting leads to mating before the male returns to its solitary life. It is a timeless, ritualised process that is essential to the species' survival, and creates touching moments suchas the one depicted on this fine silver coin's reverse.
Unique edge lettering reveals your coin's metal weight! Order yours today!
Special features:
EDGE LETTERING: With impeccable precision, beautiful edge lettering indicates thecoin's metal weight.
Crafted from 99.99% pure silver, this 1 oz coin offers a warm portrait of two grizzly bears during theircourtship.
Second issue in the four-coingrizzly bear fine silver series! Second of a new grizzly bear series of four silver coins, with each one drawing you into the grizzly bear's way of life in the Canadian wilderness.
Your coin is GST/HST exempt and has a limited mintage worldwide.
About the Design:
Designed by Canadian artist Lauren Crawshaw, yourcoin features a loving portrait of two grizzly bears forming a bond during the mating season. In the quiet of one of western Canada's forests, a maleand a female have come together to begin their brief courtship. Seen in three-quarter profile but with its head turned to the side, the larger-sized maleis on all fours in the grassy area where they havespent the day grazing. The smaller sized female isplayfully standing against the side of the male, with large forepaws resting on either side of the male's shoulder hump. But the female's gaze is fixed upon the viewer, as though we are intrudingupon an intimate moment.
