APPLE BLOSSOMS – CELEBRATION OF SPRING – 2018 $15 3/4 oz Fine Silver Coin – Royal Canadian Mint
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A beautiful embodiment of the season, the delicately coloured apple blossom adds a sweet fragrance to the gentlest breeze! Spring is in full bloom on this fine silver coin, whose colour-over-engraved reverse showcases the seasonal beauty of Canada’s national apple tree: the McIntosh.
SPECIAL FEATURES
DESIGN
Designed by artist Jan Poynter, the reverse re-creates a dazzling springtime display by combining colour and detailed engraving against the shine of a proof finish. The apple tree in full bloom is inspired by the McIntosh variety, which was first discovered in Dundela, Ontario, and is now Canada’s most commonly cultivated apple. Like a botanical illustration, the blossom-laden bough below offers an enlarged view of the delicate-looking flowers nestled in the green leaves. The addition of a design flourish hints at the apple blossom’s sweet scent, which floats in the spring breeze and attracts pollinators to the yellow centre of each white and pink-coloured bloom..
SPECIFICATIONS
No: 164509
Mintage: 6,500
Material: 99.99% pure silver
Finish: Proof
Weight: 23.17g
Diameter: 36.07mm
Edge: Serrated
Certificate: Serialized