SASKATOON – A design by a Saskatoon artist will be featured on a Canadian collector coin. The design by Glen Scrimshaw, one of the country’s premier artists, will be featured on a $10 fine silver coin.
“Canvasback Duck” will be the sixth coin featured in the series of wildlife-themed coins celebrating the ducks of Canada.
“It’s an absolute honour to have my design featured on a Canadian collection coin,” said Scrimshaw.
“For many years my father collected coins and my family has continued the tradition, so these collector coins have run in my family for generations.”
The coin features a coloured and engraved male and female canvasback in their natural habitat with a sunrise scene on a misty treed-line lake in the background.
“Having my artwork showcased on a coin is a distinction I could only have dreamed of,” said Scrimshaw.
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Royal Canadian Mint officials say the coin will appeal to bird watchers, duck hunters, nature lovers and coloured coin admirers.
There will be a limit of 10,000 coins minted. The cost to purchase one coin is $69.95.
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