Royal Canadian Mint releases new $250 coin featuring The Queen

The Royal Canadian Mint has issued a new limited-mintage, two-ounce gold coin suitable named Maple Canopy: Kaleidoscope of Colour for the beautiful fall foliage gracing the reverse of the coin.

With a face value of $250 Canadian, the .999 pure gold helps bring the dazzle to the knotted tree with sprawling branches. The colourful coin is highlighted with textured and colourized leaves, the coin, brings justice to the beauty of a Canadian fall. Red, orange, gold and green help bring the tree to life against the gold background. AT the base of the tree lays the inscription and legend “CANADA, 250 Dollars, 2016”. The artist’s initials “ED” which stands for Emily Damstra, are placed on the lower left branch.

The obverse of the coin features an effigy of Her Majesty by Susanna Blunt, Her Majesty faces to the left as is the tradition. Susanna’s initials “SB” appear on the Queen’s shoulder. The effigy has a brilliant finish and an inscription reading “ELIZABETH II D-G-REGINA”. The surface of the coin is topped with curvilinear criss-cross lines.

Susanna Blunt’s effigy of Queen Elizabeth has appeared on Canadian coins since 2003.

The release of Maple Canopy: Kaleidoscope of Colour comes just after the Royal Canadian Mint issued a 1 oz. Silver Coin in honour of Queen Elizabeth’s historic record-breaking reign.

The 99.99% silver coin with a face value of $20 Canadian features two cyphers above a maple leaf wreath with a motto ribbon intertwined. Designed to show the Canadian support of two royal “mothers”, Queen Elizabeth II and Queen Victoria, who both helped create the way for national sovereignty.

The upper left cypher is the one used by Her Majesty and the one on the top right is the cypher used by Queen Victoria. Both cyphers are placed under a crown. The crown’s depicted in a style most employed by the appropriate monarch. The woven in motto ribbon reads in Latin “VIVAT REGINA”, which in English translates to “LONG LIVE THE QUEEN”.