2 Dollars - Elizabeth II Red-tailed Hawk

Reverse

A red-tailed hawk. Maple security mark (21) to left.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
CANADA 2021
9999
FINE SILVER 1/2 OZ ARGENT PUR
21
ED

Designer: Emily S. Damstra

Edge

Serrated

Comment

This hawk is usually best identified by its brick-red tail, but take care, there are many colour variations.Plus, the hawk’s short, wide tail can appear almosttransparent when viewed from below, and juveniles have darker colouring.

The red-tailed hawk hunts small animals and reptiles from above, sometimes swooping down on birds. One of its greatest strengths is its ability to adapt and exploitrapidly changing environments. Red-tailed hawks can be seen perched on fence posts, trees and hydro poles bordering agricultural fields where they survey the landscape for a meal— an ecological form of rodent control that farmers now readily embrace.

Those who have never seen a red-tail will certainly have heard its call. Its high-pitched kree-eee-ar has long been an iconic sound in Western and adventure movies, although the sound is usually paired with a different species (the bald eagle) on-screen.

Special Features

• Two unique features for cutting-edge security, including precise radial lines and a micro-engraved lasered maple leaf in the coin’s field. In the centre of this mark, visible under magnification, is the numeral “21”, denoting the coin’s year of issue.
• Features the distinctive bullion finish of brilliant relief on a lined textured background.

Interesting fact