Canada: 2018 $25 Salmon Run Pure Silver Ultra-High Relief Coin

Canada: 2018 $25 Salmon Run Pure Silver Ultra-High Relief Coin 

Design: Designed by Emily Damstra, your coin features a river setting in Western Canada, where the annual sockeye salmon run is underway. Translucent colour enamel adds a beautiful blue hue to the water while allowing an underwater view of the engraved sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) and the gravel-lined riverbed. Engraved in ultra high relief to heighten its imposing stature, a grizzly bear (Ursos arctos) has waded into the shallow water to catch its meal. The split-shot nature of the design is a reminder of the salmon’s crucial role in this ecosystem, whether sustaining other wildlife or providing marine-derived nutrients that support plant life. The reverse includes the engraved word “CANADA”. The obverse features the face value “25 DOLLARS”, the year “2018” and the effigy of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II by Susanna Blunt.

Mintage: 3500

Composition: 99.99% pure silver

Finish: proof

Weight (g): 47.35

Diameter (mm): 49.80 mm x 28.60 mm

Edge: plain

Face value: $25

Artist: Emily Damstra (reverse), Susanna Blunt (obverse)

Packaging: Your coin is encapsulated and presented in a Royal Canadian Mint-branded maroon clamshell with a black beauty box.