The silver coins for sale from the Royal Canadian Mint often feature the likeness of native wildlife from across the North American continent. In most cases, these animals are native to the forests, plains, and mountains of Canada in particular. The 4th issue of the Animal Portrait Series is no different as it focuses on the boreal woodland caribou. Now, you can purchase the 2020 3/4 oz Silver Canadian Woodland Caribou Reverse Proof online at Silver.com.
Coin Highlights:
- Coins ship to you inside of protective flips, mint tubes, and Monster Boxes of 600 coins!
- Fourth coin design in the Animal Portrait Series!
- Bears reverse proof visuals!
- Consists of Three-Quarter Troy ounces of .9999 fine silver.
- Issued a face value of $2 (CAD) by Canada.
- The obverse features Queen Elizabeth II.
- On the reverse is the face of a boreal woodland caribou.
- Art by Denis Mayer Jr.
The boreal woodland caribou goes by man names in North America. A forest-dwelling species, the caribou is also known as the woodland caribous or simply caribou. The animal is a North American subspecies of the reindeer and the vast majority of this species on the continent reside within Canada.
The obverse side of 2020 3/4 oz Silver Canadian Woodland Caribou Reverse Proofs features the effigy of Queen Elizabeth II. In this design, Her Majesty is depicted in right-profile relief in a design created by Susanna Blunt in 2003. This is the first monarch portrait on Canadian coinage since the reign of King George VI to depict a monarch without the crown.
On the reverse of 2020 Silver Canadian Woodland Caribou Reverse Proofs is the image of a caribou. The image of the caribou is depicted in right-profile relief with its neck and head featured and its large antlers filling the design field. Both the male and female of the caribou species grow antlers, but the female’s antlers are much smaller and primarily exist for defense. This side of the coin comes with the micro-engraved maple leaf privy mark that includes the digits “20” inside as a security mark on the coins.
These 2020 3/4 oz Silver Canadian Woodland Caribou Reverse Proofs all come with reverse-proof visuals. A reverse-proof coin inverts the visuals of a traditional proof by using frosted background fields with a deeply-mirrored design element overlaying the surface area. 2020 Silver Canadian Woodland Caribou Reverse Proofs have individual plastic flips, mint tubes, or boxes of 600 available for shipping.
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