2007 Canada Proof Silver * Dinosaur Collection *Parasaurolophus + RCM COA

Description

2007 Canada Proof Silver * Dinosaur Collection *Parasaurolophus in Original RCM Box and with its COA
Very rate limited edition: only 20000 ever minted
Features
Issuer Canada
Queen Elizabeth II (1952-date)
Type Non-circulating coin
Year 2007
Value 4 dollars (4 CAD)
Currency Canadian dollar (1858-date)
Composition Silver (.9999)
Weight 15.87 g
Diameter 34 mm
Shape Round
Technique Milled
Orientation Medal alignment ↑↑
Number N# 45914
References KM# 728
Commemorative issue
Dinosaur series
Obverse
Effigy of Queen Elizabeth II facing right.
Script: Latin
Lettering:
ELIZABETH II
D G REGINA
Engraver: Susanna Blunt
Reverse
Parasaurolophus fossil (duck-billed dinosaur) with selective finish so that subject appears aged.
Script: Latin
Lettering:
CANADA
4 DOLLARS
Engraver: Kerri Burnett
Edge
Reeded
Comments
Parasaurolophus meaning "near crested lizard" in reference to Saurolophus is a genus of herbivorous ornithopod dinosaur that lived in what is now North America and possibly Asia during the Late Cretaceous Period, about 76.5–73 million years ago. Remains are known from Alberta (Canada), New Mexico and Utah (United States), and possibly Heilongjiang (China). The genus was first described in 1922 by William Parks from a skull and partial skeleton found in Alberta