10 Dollars - Elizabeth II Green Darner

Reverse

This strikingly-coloured coin depicting the green darner dragonfly (Anax junius) is part of the Royal Canadian Mint's popular series featuring painted dragonflies set in holograms! Dragonflies range in over 5,000 known species, and this diversity is reflected in the multitude of colours and patterns they can display. Here we see the green darner dragonfly (which can reach speeds of up to 56kph!) showing off its magnificent green and blue body against the vibrant, holographic backdrop of a shimmering marsh. Holding the coin at a 45-degree angle under the light will bring the background to life in dimensional detail, making this half-ounce fine silver coin presented in proof finish a beautiful gift and a stunning addition to any collection of nature-or-insect themed silver or specialty coins.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
CANADA
10 DOLLARS • 2014

Designer: Celia Godkin

Edge

Serrated

Comment

One of the loveliest, largest, and most widespread dragonfly species in Canada is Anax junius, commonly known as the Green Darner. Both males and females range in length between 70 and 80 millimetres and have a wingspan of 100 to 120 millimetres. The Green Darner's common name is rooted in its bright green body and long blue abdominal region marked with a black line along its entire length that looks much like a darning needle. The Green Darner has large green or brown eyes that join at the top of its head, extending the dragonfly's scope of vision to nearly 360 degrees. The area just in front of the conjoined eyes bears a distinctive dark "bull's-eye" marking.

Green darners are one of the few dragonfly species in North America known to be migratory. They travel south from many regions of Canada between late August and November, returning the following year between March and June to lay their eggs.

Like all dragonflies, green darners are amazing aerial hunters that can fly at incredible speeds. They use this speed and their unusual eyesight to catch prey on the wing. Their prey includes black flies, deer flies, mosquitoes, moths, butterflies, bees, and other insects. They are also entirely carnivorous in their nymph phase, feeding on aquatic insects, tadpoles, and fish eggs.
Green darners are found throughout southern Canada and are common across much of North America, South America, Asia, and the West Indies.

Special features:
 • The second in the Royal Canadian Mint's exciting new "Dragonfly" series featuring painted Canadian dragonfly species set against hologram images of their natural habitat!
 • By holding the hologram at a 45 degree angle under the light, the dragonfly's habitat comes to life in dimensional detail—from the vegetation along the water's edge to the lily pads floating on the water's shimmering, reflective surface.

Packaging:
Your coin is encapsulated and presented in a Royal Canadian Mint-branded maroon clamshell with a protective sleeve.

Interesting fact

Price

Date	Mintage	VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
2014	7471	-	-	-	-	-	-

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