Canada: 2023 $50 The Monarch And The Bloom 5 oz Pure Silver Coin Butterfly

Canada: 2023 $50 The Monarch And The Bloom 5 oz Pure Silver Coin Butterfly

Design: Designed by RCM Engraver Ryan Poser, your coin’s reverse features an engraved arrangement of aster (Symphyotrichum novae-angliae) flowers topped with a 3D monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus) and aster bloom. Both elements are cast in sterling silver; the butterfly is plated in yellow gold and the flower is plated in rose gold. When the coin is tipped, the motion causes the monarch to circle around the flower. The obverse features the effigy of Queen Elizabeth II by Susanna Blunt. The obverse also bears a special marking that includes four pearls symbolizing the four effigies that have graced Canadian coins and the double date of her reign.

Mintage: 1250

Composition: 99.99% pure silver with selective gold plating and embellishments cast in sterling silver

Finish: proof

Weight (g): 157.6

Diameter (mm): 65.25

Edge: serrated

Face value: $50

Artist: Ryan Poser (reverse), Susanna Blunt (obverse)