2016 Canada 20 Dollars  Fine Silver Coin, The Colourful Wings of a Butterfly

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• A MINT FIRST!With your coin, translucent agate makes its debut as a coin embellishment.
• TRANSLUCENT AGATE! Translucent agate lends the painstakingly engraved image incredible depth and colour perfectly capturing the otherworldly glow of butterfly wings.
• ONE-OUNCE 99.99% PURE SILVER COIN! Your coin has no GST/HST!
• LOW MINTAGE: Only 2,682 coins will be made available worldwide.

Designed by Canadian artist Bonnie Ross, your coin features a butterfly with outspread wings poised on an oxeye sunflower bloom. The image centres on the stunning butterfly, whose outspread wings are finely engraved at the edges and embellished with individually carved agate gemstones. Each agate butterfly wing measures 10 millimetres long and 4 millimetres high. The butterfly sits at the heart of an oxeye sunflower that dominates most of the reverse field and, using various engraving and finishing techniques, is engraved in incredible detail. The blossom's two striated leaves and stem are visible in the background.