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CANADA 2012 POLAR BEAR $20 PURE SILVER COIN 0.9999 1/4 OZ SPECIMEN FINISH UNC COAA very beautiful 2012 Twenty for Twenty silver coin minted by the Royal Canadian Mint (RCM) featuring a polar bear. Brilliant Uncirculated. 0.25 ounces of 0.9999 pure silver. Specimen finish. Certificate of Authenticity.
Unique in its design. Third in the RCM Twenty for Twenty silver series - after the Maple Leaf and Voyageur coins. Sold out at the RCM.SPECIFICATIONS
- Face Value Twenty dollars Canadian (CAD)
- Weight 7.96 g
- Silver Content 0.25 troy ounces pure silver (ASW)
- Fineness 0.9999
- Diameter 27 mm
- Edge serrated
- Artists Emily S. Damstra (reverse) & Susannah Blunt (obverse)
- Mintage Limited to 250,000
The coin\'s reverse features an underwater view of the iconic polar bear (Ursus Maritimus) swimming in the Arctic waters of Canada with its head above water. There are an estimated 16,000 polar bears living across Canada. An adult male polar bear weighs between 660 and 1,760 pounds.
The Polar Bear coin comes enclosed in a hard plastic capsule which is contained within a plastic sleeve, together with a stiff triple-folded presentation card COA (5.5 in x 8.5 in) enclosed in cellophane.
- Single and original owner - purchased from the RCM in 2012.- Coin has never been removed from its plastic capsule.- From a smoke free home.- Shipping to USA only.- Same day shipment if purchased before 12 noon Eastern Time except Sunday, next day shipment otherwise.