- Country:Canada
- Collection:Silver Commemorative $15
- Metal:Silver
- Year:2018
- Denomination:$15
- Finish:Proof
- Weight (oz):0.745
- Purity:0.9999
- Mintage:6500
- Product type:Coin
A beautiful embodiment of the season, the delicately coloured apple blossom adds a sweet fragrance to the gentlest breeze! Spring is in full bloom on the colour-over-engraved reverse, which showcases the seasonal beauty of Canada's national apple tree:the McIntosh. You can almost hear the buzz of a honeybee while looking at the blossom-laden bough, whose pink-and-white petals never fail to entice one of nature's most industrious pollinators.
A gorgeous apple blossom coin that will brighten your day! Order today!
Special features:
THIRD COIN IN SERIES! Your coin is the third in the Celebrationof Spring series! First two coins in the series include:
Cherry Blossoms (currently available only through our registered dealers)
Lilac Blossoms (still available!)
LUMINOUS PROOF FINISH! Polished to a mirror-like finish, your coin's 99.99% pure silver surface shines in the natural light, just like sunlight on a spring day!
PAINTED LANDSCAPE! Colour over engraving re-creates the soft pastel hues of eachapple blossom, which adds a delicate-looking beautyto orchards and yards each spring.
NATIONAL APPLE!While the tree is inspired by Canada's national apple, the McIntosh, the reverse is a magnificentcelebration of all apple varieties.
INCLUDES SERIALIZED CERTIFICATE! The Royal Canadian Mint certifiesall of its collector coins.
LOW MINTAGE! Limited to 6,500 coins worldwide, the same mintage as the first coin in the series that sold out.
PURE SILVER! Your coin is crafted from 99.99% pure silver.
NO GST/HST!
Design:
Designed by artist Jan Poynter, your coin re-creates a dazzling springtime display by combining colour and detailed engraving against the shine of a proof finish. The apple tree in full bloom is inspired by the McIntosh variety, which was first discovered in Dundela, Ont., and is now Canada's most commonly cultivated apple. Like a botanical illustration, the blossom-laden bough below offers an enlarged view of the delicate-looking flowers nestled in the green leaves. The addition of a design flourish hints at the apple blossom's sweet scent, which floats in the spring breeze and attracts pollinators to the yellow centre of each white and pink-coloured bloom. The obverse features the effigy of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II by Susanna Blunt.
