A superb 4-coin series from the Royal Canadian Mint, crafted in 99.99% pure silver with a limited mintage of 8,000, conveying the beauty and intensity of natures fury. Designed by two Canadian artists, Tony Bianco and Arnold Nogy, your coin presents a stormy natural landscape. A lone eastern white pine, shaped by steady winds, rises from a small rocky island in Ontario’s Georgian Bay. In the distance, stylized forests cower under a stormy sky that seems to glow with energy as Mother Nature unleashes her power. Viewing the reverse under a black light (included) activates the coin’s specialized technology, allowing the lightning bolts to radiate across the sky with a stunning life-like intensity and exceptional luminosity. The reverse image by Canadian artists Tony Bianco and Arnold Nogy features three evening grosbeaks (Coccothraustes vespertinus) as they move along ice-covered branches. Selective color allows for the birds, and berries in the foreground to stand out from the engraved countryside in the background, while the addition of high gloss overlay recreated the glistening ice veneer of a winter freeze. Designed by Canadian artist Tony Bianco, your coin combines detailed engraving, innovative color technology and various finishing techniques to showcase a brilliantly colored rainbow on a stormy day. Against the rolling hills in the background, a farmhouse and barn sit atop a gentle slope where a road leads to two round bales in the foreground. The eye is naturally drawn to the multi-colored arc that descends from the dark storm clouds above; here, the skillful combination of diffused technology and vivid paint adds a subtle transparency quality to the rainbow’s radiant colors, and a faint glow above it, as the rain tapers off. There’s a hopeful clearing above this rural landscape, with the appearance of blue sky in the break between the clouds behind the rainbow. Designed by Canadian artist Tony Bianco, your coin features a breathtaking fiery sunset in the alpine landscape of Western Canada. Detailed engraving and the careful use of various finishing techniques add a feeling of remarkable height and depth to the design, as the rugged edges of the Rocky Mountains rise up to frame the horizon while towering over the coniferous forest along the lake’s shoreline. Engraved to the right is a mountain lodge, which adds a subtle human element to this tranquil setting. View your coin under black light (included with your order) to see the hidden colors of an intensely fiery red sunset. Move to daylight/standard lighting and the same setting now appears to grow dim, just as it would after the sun has set. Once the coin has been sufficiently exposed to light, view the coin in total darkness to see how glow-in-the-dark technology recreates a moonlit night! Each coin is made of 1 troy ounce (31.39) of fine silver (99.99%) and is 38 mm in diameter (1.496 in). Proof finish and serrated edge. Each coin comes with its serialized certificate of authenticity, is encapsulated and comes with a custom case from the mint. The item “2015-2017 Canada Weather Phenomenon 4 Coin Set With Case-$20 Fine Silver Coins” is in sale since Thursday, December 29, 2016. This item is in the category “Coins & Paper Money\Coins\ Canada\Commemorative”. The seller is “ozzyspark72″ and is located in Thorsby, Alberta. This item can be shipped to Canada, to United States.
- Certification Number: 0585,3996,4809,5064
- Circulated/Uncirculated: Uncirculated
- Certification: Royal Canadian Mint
- Country/Region of Manufacture: Canada
- Country of Manufacture: Canada