2013 Fine Silver Coin-Purple Coneflower with Venetian Glass Butterfly

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2013 Fine Silver Coin-Purple Coneflower with Venetian Glass Butterfly :
$181.75

************* SOLD OUT at the MINT within hours********************

This is thethird coin of a much sought-after series featuring hand-crafted Venetian glassinsects.

The purplecornflower is a favor among Canadian gardeners not only for its easymaintenance, but its ability to attract gorgeous butterflies like the Easterntailed blue. This tiny butterfly, one of Canada’s smallest and loveliest, canbe found across southEastern Canada from New Brunswick to southEastern Saskatchewan.This coin is a fantastic collector’s item as well as a unique and beautifulgift to commemorate a birthday, holiday, a graduation, the coming of spring orany other occasion. All previous coins in this series sold out quickly, so order yours now! Special features:
•This is the thirdcoin in a series of world-renowned coins featuring one-of-a-kind Venetian glassembellishments on a beautifully engraved and painted flower native to Canada.
•Your coin is finely engraved and meticulously presented in a beautifulproof finish.
•Crafted in 99.99% fine silver and is GST/HST exempt.
•Low mintage of only 10,000 coins. Design:
Canadian artist MauriceGervais presents a stunning engraved and painted purple coneflower bloom. Theflower features a red-orange tubiflora centre and bright purple petals sittingatop a realistic green stem with two smooth leaves. Perched atop the flower’slower-right petals is a jewel-like Venetian glass Eastern tailed blue,hand-crafted by renowned Italian master glassmaker Giuliano Donaggio. The baseof each dark blue-tinted translucent wings sports an orange dot. The reversealso features the word “CANADA,” the date “2013” and the face value of “20DOLLARS.” Packaging:
Your coin is encapsulatedand presented in a maroon clamshell case lined with flock and protected by ablack sleeve.

·FaceValue: 20 dollars

·Mintage: 10,000

·Composition: 99.99% pure silver

·Diameter(mm): 38

·Weight(g): 31.39

·Edge: Serrated

·Finish: Proof with colour

·Certificate: Serialized

·Artists: Maurice Gervais(coin), Giuliano Donaggio (butterfly)

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