Description

The tenth and final coin in the Royal Canadian Mint?s exciting 2014 O Canada series focusing on iconic Canadian images celebrates a uniquely Canadian winter holiday moment.

SPECIAL FEATURES:

? Masterfully crafted by Royal Canadian Mint engravers using a variety of engraving techniques and finishes to bring depth and texture to the artist?s rich original depiction of an iconic Canadian winter scene.

? A limited mintage of 40,000 coins and captivating theme means that this piece is sure to be sought after by collectors.

? Own a piece of the Canadian experience, painstakingly captured in a half-ounce of 99.99% pure silver.

? An excellent addition to any holiday-themed, nature-focused, winter-themed or Canadiana-themed collection.

? A beautiful gift or collectible for those who love coins that capture precious moments, rural scenes, the outdoors, natural images, original artwork, and Canadian themes.

DESIGN:

The evocative reverse design by Canadian artist Doug Geldart presents a winter scene that

captures the essence of cozy holiday scenery in Canada. In this festive image that highlights

Canada?s rural experience, we see the rolling hills and show-covered boreal landscape familiar to

people across Canada. On the left of the coin, a quaint country house with sharply peaked roof and

screened-in porch anchors the rich scene. A snowy path, recently shovelled, leads from the viewer

to the home, curving from the centre of the reverse field?s bottom toward the house. Along the

pathway, we meet, first, a waving, top-hatted snowman wearing a warm scarf and holding a

wrapped gift box under one tree-branch ?arm,? and then an old-fashioned letter box decorated

with a holiday wreath. Opposite the house is a large conifer covered in snow and decorated with

glass holiday balls. Behind the house, in the central background, we see the end of a dock jutting

out over a frozen, snow-covered lake. Human footprints lead from the front door of the house,

down across the lake and?in the far distance?toward a neighbouring home on the distant shore.

The meandering shoreline is lined with bare deciduous trees and snow-covered pines. On the

horizon, snowy hills dotted with conifers draw the eye upward, toward a sky in which three lone

birds fly. The outer frame of the image also features a stylized gift box, festively wrapped for the

holiday season.