2014 $20 Iconic Caribou Fine Silver Coin
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This $20 pure silver coin beautifully captures the majesty and beauty of the caribou. The art by Trevor Tennant and features a full-colour caribou set in an engraved mountain landscape. The coin is double-struck with the Royal Canadian Mint's highest-quality proof finish and weighs just over one ounce of .9999 fine silver.
The woodland caribou is the only member of the deer family in which females also grow antlers. Biologists believe it may be due to the intense competition caribou face digging for lichen and other plants. Antlers are grown and shed annually, but pregnant females will lose their antlers later than males, possibly to gain an added reservoir of calcium for their gestating calves.
Caribou live in Canada's most isolated regions beyond the 49th parallel. They are categorized into three ecotypes based on specific behaviours and adaptations they have developed by living in different habitats. The tundra ecotype reigns as the farthest-travelling land migrant on earth, spending winter in the boreal forest and moving to the tundra north of the 55th parallel in summer to calve—an astounding roundtrip of 6,000 kilometres per year that perfectly illustrates the vastness that is Canada.
• Mintage: 8,500
• Diameter: 38 mm
• Weight: 1 oz fine silver
• GST/HST exempt
Includes:
• 2014 $20 Iconic Caribou Coloured Silver Coin
Warranty Information:
This product comes with a 30-day warranty through TSC.
The woodland caribou is the only member of the deer family in which females also grow antlers. Biologists believe it may be due to the intense competition caribou face digging for lichen and other plants. Antlers are grown and shed annually, but pregnant females will lose their antlers later than males, possibly to gain an added reservoir of calcium for their gestating calves.
Caribou live in Canada's most isolated regions beyond the 49th parallel. They are categorized into three ecotypes based on specific behaviours and adaptations they have developed by living in different habitats. The tundra ecotype reigns as the farthest-travelling land migrant on earth, spending winter in the boreal forest and moving to the tundra north of the 55th parallel in summer to calve—an astounding roundtrip of 6,000 kilometres per year that perfectly illustrates the vastness that is Canada.
• Mintage: 8,500
• Diameter: 38 mm
• Weight: 1 oz fine silver
• GST/HST exempt
Includes:
• 2014 $20 Iconic Caribou Coloured Silver Coin
Warranty Information:
This product comes with a 30-day warranty through TSC.
