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MURANO GLASS Monarch Caterpillar LITTLE CREATURES 2018 $20 1 oz Fine Silver Coin – Royal Canadian Mint
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Product Description
MURANO GLASS CATERPILLAR – LITTLE CREATURES – 2018 $20 1 oz Fine Silver Coin – Royal Canadian Mint
Nature and bug enthusiasts, gardeners and glass collectors will be snatching up this coin featuring a Murano glass monarch caterpillar. Caterpillars are an essential part of the natural world. Without them, there can be no butterflies; and without milkweed plants, there can be no monarchs. They are the only plants monarch larvae feed upon.
SPECIAL FEATURES
- HIGHLY COLLECTIBLE: this coin is the 3rd and final issue to complete the Little Creatures Series (snail, beetle, monarch caterpillar), and our 10th coin to feature Murano glass, a centuries-old craft that is world- renowned for its vibrant, fluid colours.
- TWO MASTERPIECES IN ONE—A MUST-HAVE: this coin combines a Murano glass creation with an intricately engraved and coloured design to deliver a fresh and captivating dimension that will enrich any collection.
- EACH COIN IS ONE-OF-A-KIND: every Murano glass monarch caterpillar has been individually blown by master glassmakers in Murano, Italy; with slight, handcrafted variations that make each one unique!
- BEAUTIFULLY CRAFTED IN 1 OZ. OF 99.99% PURE SILVER with a breathtaking combination of traditional engraving, colour and a Murano glass monarch caterpillar that will delight nature and bug enthusiasts, gardeners, anyone who marvels at the intricate beauty of nature’s tiniest creations.
DESIGN
This coin’s reverse design is punctuated by a vivid Murano glass monarch caterpillar that was handcrafted by master glassmakers Bernardino and Giorgio Vio, in Murano, Italy; its yellow, black and white stripes are the tell-tale sign it is a monarch larva. The glass monarch caterpillar is poised on the leaf of a swamp milkweed plant designed by Canadian artist Maurice Gervais that has been selectively coloured to showcase the plant’s long leaves, and its clusters of pink flowers to best effect.
SPECIFICATIONS
No: 164404
Mintage: 5000
Material: 99.99% fine silver
Finish: Proof
Weight: 31.39g
Diameter: 38mm
Edge: Serrated
Certificate: Serialized