The Royal Canadian Mint is famous for using its Silver Canadian Maple Leaf as a vehicle for limited-issue collections. These collections use the established beauty and reputation of the Silver Maple Leaf, combined with special and ever-changing privy marks, to mark important occasions or offer otherwise distinctive releases. In 2016, one of the most famous creatures of the cryptozoological world was featured on the coin. Now, 2016 1 oz Bigfoot Privy Silver Canadian Maple Leaf Reverse Proof Coins are available to you for purchase online at Silver.com in near-perfect condition.
Coin Highlights:
- Coins ship to you inside protective plastic slabs courtesy of the NGC!
- Unique bigfoot privy mark inspired by the Patterson-Gimlin film on the reverse!
- Reverse-proof coins!
- Original mintage limited to 50,000 coins only!
- Availability of certified coins is limited!
- Consists of One Troy ounce of .9999 fine silver.
- Issued a face value of $5 (CAD) by Canada.
- Bears a Grade of PF69 from the Numismatic Guaranty Corporation.
- The obverse features Queen Elizabeth II.
- On the reverse is the bigfoot privy mark alongside the portrait of Queen Elizabeth II.
Bigfoot goes by many names in cultures around the world. In North America, the creatures are known by two common names: bigfoot and sasquatch. Around the world, other famous iterations of a large, human-like ape covered in hair include the Yeti of the Himalayas. In all of these cultural tales from around the world, bigfoot and his cousins are said to be a lost link between the great apes and human beings. Massive and muscular, these creatures are said to roam the woods of North America, but no skeletal remains have ever been recovered to verify its existence.
The privy mark on these coins is inspired by one of the most controversial pieces of evidence regarding the existence of bigfoot. From the woods of Northern California, the brief footage shot in 1967 purports to have captured a bigfoot walking away from two men riding on horseback through the woods.
The obverse of 2016 1 oz Bigfoot Privy Silver Maple Leaf Coins come with an effigy of Queen Elizabeth II. This right-profile portrait is the first of her reign to lack a crown and is the fourth portrait during her reign overall to appear on Canadian coinage.
On the reverse of the 2016 Bigfoot Privy Silver Maple Leaf is a sugar maple leaf. Designed in 1979 by Walter Ott, this design is accompanied on this side by a bigfoot privy mark that reflects the famous image of a bigfoot from the Patterson-Gimlin film.
These 2016 1 oz Bigfoot Privy Silver Canadian Maple Leaf Reverse Proof coins are PF69 specimens. Coins in this condition showcase full, original mint luster and have a maximum of two minor flaws. Examples of those flaws are limited to minuscule contact marks or hairlines and must be located outside the primary focal points. Reverse-proof coins have mirrored designs overlaying frosted fields.
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