2021 $3 Fine Silver Floral Emblems of Canada Wild Rose - Alberta

Every summer, the fragrant wild rose colours Alberta's landscape so that everywhere you look, there's a profusion of pink-a sight that proves you're in Wild Rose country! This ninth Floral Emblems of Canada coin presents a close view of Alberta's official flower in peak bloom. This sun-loving shrub is named for the flowers that appear on prickly stems in late June or July. And just like Manitoba, Alberta adopted its floral emblem democratically: the final choice was made by schoolchildren in 1930, a quarter-century after the mountainous province joined Confederation.

The reverse design by Canadian artist Lisa Thomson-Khan features a colour portrait of the official floral emblem of Alberta, the wild rose. The obverse features the effigy of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II by Susanna Blunt.

The wild rose (Rosa acicularis) is also known as the prickly wild rose, the prickly rose, the bristly rose, and the Arctic rose. It is a deciduous shrub that grows from one to three metres tall. The leaves are pinnate, measuring seven to 14 centimetres long, with three to seven leaflets. The leaflets are ovate, with serrate (toothed) margins. The flowers are pink (rarely white), measuring 3.5 to five centimetres in diameter, and the hips are red, pear-shaped to ovoid, measuring 10 to 15 mm in diameter.

• Mintage: 4,000
• Diameter: 27 mm
• Weight: over 1/4 oz fine silver
• GST/HST exempt

Includes:
• 2021 $3 Wild Rose Fine Silver Coin, Alberta

Note: due to delays at the Royal Canadian Mint, the scheduled shipping date for this item is November 2020.