2014 FINE SILVER COIN: WATER-LILY AND LEOPARD FROG HAND-CRAFTED IN MURANO.

Description

This is the fourth coin of a much sought-after series featuring hand-crafted Venetian glass creatures.
Found in Canadian province and Territory except Yukon and Nunavut, the leopard frog is aptly named for the irregularly shaped black spots that dot its brown, greenish-brown, or green skin. It lives in a variety of habitats including wetlands in prairies and woodlands in summer for feeding. In the fall it usually moves to ponds, streams, and rivers which do not freeze to the bottom. In the spring it emerges to seek out ponds and marshes for breeding. It is there that the tadpoles will develop.
Special features:
•   Your stunning coin’s Venetian glass leopard frog was handcrafted by master glassmaker Giuliano Donaggio in Murano, Italy.
•   Murano glass is world-renowned for its bright colours, which beautifully showcases the leopard frog upon a full colour, engraved lily pad.
•   Your coin is the fourth in a series that pair engraved and painted flowers with a beautifully detailed rendering of a creature that is native to Canada’s natural landscape.
•   Your coin depicts a leopard frog peacefully basking in the sun’s rays atop a bright green water-lily pad, next to the plant’s yellow bloom.
•   An impressive gift for nature enthusiasts or conservationists to commemorate a special occasion.
•   A spectacular addition to your nature- or Canadiana-themed collection.
Design:
Your coin was designed by Canadian artist Maurice Gervais and features an engraved and painted Yellow Pond Lily (Nuphar variegatum) that occupies the left side of the image field. The blossom is in fool bloom, its outer cup shaped petals opened to reveal the circular pattern of stamens cradled inside. A stunning, translucent green Leopard Frog made of Venetian glass and hand-crafted by Giuliano Donaggio – a master glassmaker in Murano, Italy – sits upon the engraved and coloured green lily pad leaf in the right portion of the image field.
Packaging:
Your coin is encapsulated and presented in a Royal Canadian Mint-maroon box with black beauty box.
Specifications
No.130503
Mintage:12,500
Composition:fine silver (99.99% pure)
Finish: proof
Weight: (g)31.39
Diameter: (mm)38
Edge: serrated
Certificate: serialized
Face value: 20 dollars
Artist: Maurice Gervais (reverse), Susanna Blunt (obverse)
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