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20 Dollars - Elizabeth II Bighorn Sheep

2015 year
Silver (.9999) 31.39 g 38 mm
Description
Issuer
Canada
Queen
Elizabeth II (1952-2022)
Type
Non-circulating coin
Year
2015
Value
20 Dollars 20 CAD = USD 15
Currency
Dollar (1858-date)
Composition
Silver (.9999)
Weight
31.39 g
Diameter
38 mm
Shape
Round
Technique
Milled, Coloured
Orientation
Medal alignment ↑↑
Updated
2024-10-04
References
Numista
N#136693
Rarity index
92%

Reverse

In Rocky Mountains, a bighorn sheep is leaning on its front legs and poised on a rocky slope with its head turned slightly to the left, as though something on the horizon has captured the animal's attention.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
20 DOLLARS · 2015
MB

Designer: Maurade Baynton

Edge

Reeded

Comment

Because of its distinctive curved horns, the bighorn sheep is one of the most easily recognized species in the alpine meadows and high altitudes of the Canadian Rocky Mountains. Thanks to its remarkable agility, it is perfectly adapted to its natural environment, leaping up rocky escarpments to reach seemingly inaccessible flats with ease. The Royal Canadian Mint is proud to dedicate a magnificent pure silver coin to this species of wild sheep.

A timeless symbol of power, strength and endurance, the bighorn sheep is an emblem of wild Canada, as evidenced by its Latin name, Ovis canadensis, meaning "Canada sheep".

Did you know it?
- The bighorn sheep's sense of smell and hearing may be poorly developed, but its great visual acuity enables it to discern the subtlest of movements a kilometer away in an open mountain landscape.
- The impressive curved horns are characteristic of the male, or ram, and can weigh more than all the bones in the skeleton put together. The female, or ewe, has smaller, pointed horns.
- Bighorn sheep can move over rocky slopes as little as 5 centimetres deep, thanks to their cloven hooves, which have both a rigid outer tip to grip the rock and a softer, more flexible inner pad.
- Grass is the staple diet of the bighorn sheep, which is able to store large quantities of undigested grass in its four-compartment stomach so that, once at altitude, it can regurgitate, chew and digest it.
- The bighorn sheep is a social animal. Living separately in herds with a well-established social organization, rams and ewes only meet during the rutting season in autumn.

Packaging
The coin is encapsulated and presented in a burgundy double-shell case featuring the Royal Canadian Mint logo. The case comes with a specially designed protective box.Automatically translated

Interesting fact

The Bighorn Sheep coin, minted in 2015, is the first coin in the Royal Canadian Mint's "Wildlife in Motion" series to feature a species that is not native to Canada. The Bighorn Sheep is actually native to the western United States, but it has been featured on a Canadian coin as a symbol of the country's commitment to conservation and wildlife preservation.

Price

Date Mintage VG F VF XF AU UNC
2015  6500 - - - - - -

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