Canada: 2018 $15 Celebration of Spring: Apple Blossoms - Pure Silver Coin

Canada: 2018 $15 Celebration of Spring: Apple Blossoms - Pure Silver Coin

Design: 

Designed by artist Jan Poynter, your coin re-creates a dazzling springtime display by combining colour and detailed engraving against the shine of a proof finish. The apple tree in full bloom is inspired by the McIntosh variety, which was first discovered in Dundela, Ont., and is now Canada's most commonly cultivated apple. Like a botanical illustration, the blossom-laden bough below offers an enlarged view of the delicate-looking flowers nestled in the green leaves. The addition of a design flourish hints at the apple blossom's sweet scent, which floats in the spring breeze and attracts pollinators to the yellow centre of each white and pink-coloured bloom. The obverse features the effigy of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II by Susanna Blunt.

Mintage: 6,500

Composition: 99.99% pure silver

Finish: proof

Weight (g): 23.17

Diameter (mm): 36.07

Edge: serrated

Face value: $15

Artist: Jan Poynter (reverse), Susanna Blunt (obverse)

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