With a dazzling array of colors, the natural world boasts with astonishing beauty. Now, human ingenuity makes efforts to recreate this sparkle of life in art. Enjoy the extreme beauty of nature`s spectrum of colors in this unique pure silver coin depicting a Canadian darner dragonfly (Aeshnacanadensis) basking in the sunlight.

The reverse of the coin includes a dragonfly -shaped niobium embellishment Handcrafted by jewellery artist Karen Hunter of Caledon, Ontario. The design catches the eye with blue and violet hues artfully mimicking the dragonfly’s iridescent appearance in the sunlight.

The obverse of the coin shows the image of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II together with the inscription “D.G. Regina.”

Each piece is delivered in a maroon clamshell with black beauty box and accompanied by a numbered Certificate of Authenticity.
The coin has been issued in limited mintage of only 6 000 pieces worldwide.

Special features:

  First coin in a new “National Heroes” series – Firefighter

  A coin uses selective color over engraving to create a portrait of a national hero

  The image was designed by Canadian artist Ken Ryan

  A coin contains 23.17 grams of 99.99% pure silver

  Limited mintage of 10.000 coins worldwide

  Coin is housed in maroon clamshell with a black beauty box. Certificate of authenticity is included