$20 Baby Puffin Fine Silver Coin and Stamp Set

This 2014 $20 fine silver coin was issued to celebrate Canada's rich biodiversity, and highlights the animal kingdom's family bonds with endearing images of Canada's baby animals. The image features a young puffin with its mother in its natural habitat, and it comes in a premium presentation including a matching puffin postage stamp from Canada Post. The coin features an endearing image of a small baby puffin nestling close to its mother, with an iconic Atlantic shoreline in the background. Selective colouring brings this small bird to life, while a proof finish complements the coin.

• Mintage: 7,500 
• Weight: just over 1 oz of .9999 fine silver
• GST/HST exempt

About the Puffin
In 1992, the puffin was made the official bird of the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, where hundreds of thousands of these charming creatures live. The puffin's Latin name, Fratercula arctica, likely refers to its black-and-white coat, as fratercula means "little brother" or "little friar." Puffins are at their most recognizable in the spring during breeding season, when their beaks boast vibrant colours of orange, yellow and blue, with matching orange feet. In the winter, however, they shed these colourful beak plates, and lose their jet-black and bright-white feathers to grow greyish winter down. They look so starkly different in the winter that people once thought they were two different species! The winter look of the puffin is what baby puffins look like until maturity. Newly hatched puffins have to be kept warm by both parents for at least a week until they can maintain their own body temperature. If nourishment is plentiful, chicks grow flight feathers and leave the nest in about 40 days. Soon, these sweet babies become the strong, swimming sea birds they are meant to be.

Includes:
• $20 Puffin Fine Silver Proof Coin 2014 Baby Animals

Warranty Information:
This product comes with a 30-day warranty through TSC.