2018 Canadian $20 Frozen in Ice: Woolly Mammoth - 1 oz Fine Silver Coin

2018 Canadian $20 Frozen in Ice: Woolly Mammoth - 1 oz Fine Silver Coin

Face Value: $20
Mintage: 5,000
Composition: 99.99% Silver
Weight (g): 31.39
Diameter (mm): 38
Finish: Proof

For millennia, herds of enormous woolly mammoth roamed the frozen landscapes of North America. Covered in insulating moisture-resistant hair that could measure up to a metre in length, adult mammoths weighed up to 8,000 kilograms and grew to more than three metres in height. They used their massive tusks to fend off predators and to dig in the snow and gather food. Though their key predators were the various large cats and wolves that populated the continent—and even then, only when the mammoth were young enough to fell—human hunters proved perhaps the deadliest of all for the mammoth and are believed to have eradicated them in a number of regions. The last mammoth population, on Russia’s Wrangel Island in the Arctic Ocean, died out around 2000 BC.

History doesn’t get much cooler than your frozen Woolly Mammoth coin! Order today!

Special features:
FIRST COIN IN NEW 2-COIN SERIES! Yours is the first coin in an exciting series of coins featuring animals found in Canada during the last Ice Age. Your next coin in the series is:
Scimitar Sabre-Tooth Cat (priced at $109.95, expected ship date May 2018)
ALSO AVAILABLE AS PART OF A 2-COIN SUBSCRIPTION! While supplies last, order the 2-coin subscription to ensure you receive both coins in the series, one coin per month! Your credit card is charged only when your coin ships!
INNOVATIVE “FROZEN-IN-ICE” DESIGN! An ‘ice bubble’ was applied over top of the mammoth while around the perimeter of the ice bubble is a simulated frost effect. Outside of the ice bubble, the mammoth was struck—with no colour—capturing the true essence of its unique time in prehistoric history.
INCLUDES SERIALIZED CERTIFICATE! Regardless of special packaging, the Royal Canadian Mint certifies all of its collector coins!
1 OZ. 99.99% PURE SILVER! Your coin is GST/HST exempt!
LOW MINTAGE! Only 5,000 coins will be made worldwide—order today!

Design:
Designed by Canadian artist Glen Loates, your coin portrays a snowy Ice Age landscape with a herd of mammoth traversing a frozen plain. The image centres on a single mammoth who faces the viewer, its massive tusks rising high into the sky. The image is overlain with a frosted “ice” like dome. The portion of the portrait under the ice is coloured, while the remainder of the image is struck-only. The reverse includes the text “CANADA” and the date “2018.” The obverse features the effigy of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II by Susanna Blunt, as well as the coin value of “20 DOLLARS.”

Packaging:
Your coin is encapsulated and presented in a Royal Canadian Mint-branded maroon clamshell with a black beauty box.