Get Vendio Gallery – Now FREE! Canada 2013 Orca 1 oz. 5th coin in this popular series! Mintage – 8,500. Composition – fine silver (99.99% pure). 31.39 1 troy oz. Diameter (mm) – 38. Certificate – serialized (serial numbers will vary). Face value – 25 dollars (a legal tender Canadian coin). Artists – Pierre Leduc (reverse), Susanna Blunt (obverse). The orca is one of the planet’s most unique social mammals. Only elephants and higher primates have societies that are as complex and robust as that of the orca. This marine mammal’s social structure reveals familial bonds, modes of communication, hunting habits, and other practices that are passed on for generations. This complexity has led some researchers refer to as a culture. This coin is the 5th in the O Canada 1 oz. The coin portrays the orca in exquisite detail against the backdrop of the Canada’s Northwest Pacific coast -part of Canada’s distinct landscape. This coin is a great gift and collectible that celebrates one of Canada’s natural wonders – the Canadian North. Struck in 99.99% fine silver. This coin was designed by Canadian artist Pierre Leduc. It presents an adult female orca and her young calf swimming near a rocky outcropping on the ocean floor. The mother’s distinctive rounded rostrum (snout) and light markings are presented with expert engraving, highlighting characteristic light spots above the orca’s eye, on the lower jaw, and at the midpoint of her body both at her belly and behind her dorsal fin. Her powerful tail bends to propel her through the water, its bright underside visible. Bubbles rise from the blowhole atop her head. Beside her the young calf, that bears the same markings as its mother, swims comfortably, bubbles also rising from its blowhole. In the foreground of the image we see a rocky outcropping from the ocean floor populated by various sea grasses. Stylized line-work and expert engraving perfectly capture the sense of depth and buoyancy of the underwater image. Each coin is encapsulated and presented in a maroon clamshell case lined with flock and protected by a customized beauty box. Check out my other items. Be sure to add me to your favorites list. International customers are responsible for knowledge of and compliance with all applicable laws and regulations imposed by their governments. PHOTOGRAPHS – When a listing offers multiples of the same coin for sale, typically only one coin is photographed. Since all of the coins offered in the listing are essentially identical, the coin photographed is representative of all of the coins offered. What is a Troy Ounce? When someone speaks of something weighing an ounce, the chances are that they are referring to an Avoirdupois Ounce, which is the seldom-used “official” name for the ordinary ounce. Bathroom scales, kitchen scales, produce scales, and other “ordinary” scales calibrated in ounces use the ordinary “Avoirdupois” ounces. However gold, silver, platinum, and gunpowder are measured using a different system of weight – the Troy Ounce. The two ounces, Avoirdupois and Troy, are not the same. An “ordinary” (Avoirdupois) Ounce is exactly 28.349523125 grams – or 437.5 grains. A Troy Ounce is exactly 31.1034768 grams – or 480 grains. The “price per ounce” of gold, silver, and platinum quoted in the precious metals and commodities markets are always for Troy Ounces. Troy Ounces are the measurement used worldwide for precious metals. This includes bullion weights; the commodity market’s price-per-ounce of gold, silver, platinum (also the other rare “Platinum Group Metals” rhodium, ruthenium, osmium, palladium and iridium); the precious metal “spot price”; and graphs that track the price changes of precious metals over time. The item “Canada 2013 Orca 1 oz. Pure Silver $25 Proof Coin O Canada 1 oz. Series #5″ is in sale since Friday, October 25, 2013. This item is in the category “Coins & Paper Money\Coins\ Canada\Commemorative”. The seller is “okranchlandandcattlecompany” and is located in Lewisville, Texas. This item can be shipped to United States, to Canada, to United Kingdom, DK, RO, SK, BG, CZ, FI, HU, LV, LT, MT, EE, to Australia, GR, PT, CY, SI, SE, to Belgium, to France, to Hong Kong, to Ireland, to Netherlands, PL, to Spain, to Italy, to Germany, to Austria, SG, NO, HR, CL, CO, CR, DO, PA, TT, GT, SV, HN, JM.

• Certification: Royal Canadian Mint
• Circulated/Uncirculated: Uncirculated
• Country of Manufacture: Canada
• Composition: Silver
• Strike Type: Proof
• Edge: Serrated
• Series: O Canada 1 oz. Silver