- Country:Canada
- Collection:Silver Commemorative $30
- Metal:Silver
- Year:2018
- Denomination:$30
- Finish:Proof
- Weight (oz):2.016
- Purity:0.9999
- Mintage:3500
- Product type:Coin
BREATHTAKING! A legendary great white shark swims through stunning blue rhodium plating! Order today!
For years, the great white shark (Carcharodon carcharias) has been cast and portrayed as an object of fear-the classic "predator from beneath" that wreaks terror in countless movies. But look past its fearsome jaw and reputation, and you'll find a fascinating ancient species that is among the oldest life forms onEarth! Famously associated with southerly coastlines, the great white enjoys a far wider range that also stretches north into the waters off Canada's Atlantic and Pacific coasts. Infrequent captures and occasional sightings have earned it the distinction of being the second-largest fish found in Canadian waters; but its behaviour is not always well understood, and its highly mobile ways only add to itselusiveness. Myths and misconceptions surround thissolitary predator, whose aggressiveness and size tend to overshadow its role in maintaining a balance within the marine environment.
Add this breathtaking 2 oz. pure silver great white shark coin to your collection! Order today!
Special features:
A FIRST! While we have used rhodium before on our coins (most notably, the gorgeous Nocturnal by Nature series), this is the first coin to feature blue rhodium!
A LEGENDARY SHARK! Your coin is a precision-engraved portrait of a legendary shark, and the second-largest fish found in Canadian waters!
SERIALIZED CERTIFICATE! Yourcoin includes a serialized certificate!
TWO OUNCES 99.99% PURE SILVER! Your 2 oz. coin's larger diameter (50 mm) allows ample room to showcase the details in both the shark and its prey. In addition, your coin has no GST/HST!
Design:
Designed by Canadian artist Emily Damstra, your coin captures the imposing stature of a great white shark as it moves through Canadian waters. The viewpoint from beneath it emphasizes the large size and the streamlined shape of this solitary predator, whose conical snout is in full view. Its mouth is only slightly ajar, allowing a limited view of the famously serrated teeth that provoke such widespread fear. Rendered in outstanding detail by Royal Canadian Mint engravers, this highly detailed portrait includes the faint markings and scars along the torpedo-shaped body, the gills on its side, as well as the shark's dark eye. Adding to a sense of depth and dynamic movement is the wide path cut by the shark as it catches up to a familiar prey: a school of Atlantic mackerel (Scomber scombrus). The reverse also features the engraved word "CANADA", the year "2018" and the face value "30 DOLLARS". The obverse features the effigy of HerMajesty Queen Elizabeth II by Susanna Blunt.
Did you knowÃ
Shark attacks are more rare than you think-in fact, it is said that you're far more likely to be struckby lightning than fall prey to a shark attack! In 2014, only three shark-related casualties were reported worldwide; compare that with an estimated 100 million sharks killed by humans each year.
Sightings and even captures in Canadian waters are reported every two to three years. The world's largest verified capture of a great white shark was a 6.1-metre long female caught near Prince Edward Island in 1988.
Surprisingly, the great white shark is not the largest fish or shark species found in Canadian waters! That honour goes to the gentle basking shark (Cetorhinus maximus), which can reach a maximum size of 15.2 metres and weigh 4 tonnes!
Only its underside is white, while the rest is a variation of grey and black. This allows the shark to blend in with its oceanic environment: when seen from above, itblends in with the ocean floor; when seen from below, it blends in with the sunlight.
It has excellent hearing and an extraordinary sense of smell.
A great white shark suffocates if it stops moving! Its own movement causes water to flow over its gills, which deliver oxygen to its blood stream.
This shark species is decidedly solitary and independent: from the moment it is born, a young shark (pup) swims away from the mother and fends for itself.
Because it constantly replaces lost teeth with new ones, the great white shark produces roughly 3,000 teeththroughout its lifetime! When it bites, the shark's lower jaw juts forward while it pulls itshead back, allowing the serrated teeth to stab the shark's prey before the upper jaw comes down on it.
Sharks have a sixth sense: electromagnetism,which allows them to detect the electrical pulses emitted by muscle movements.
