This is a 2016 $20 Canadian Maple Leaf Shaped Fine Silver Coin, specifically the "Canada's Colourful Maple Leaf" edition. This was the Royal Canadian Mint's first maple leaf-shaped silver coin to include colors that recreate the hues of autumn.
Your coin's extraordinary design captures thebeauty of a silver maple leaf in all its autumn splendour. The wavy, irregular nature of the leaf's edge and the curved sinuses between its palmate lobes are painstakingly replicated through a labour-intensive process, which gives the coin its distinctive shape. Intricate detailing on the reverse brings it all to life, with veins running through the three upper lobes and the two smaller basal lobes. The full application of vibrant colour recreates the brilliant array of red, yellow and orange colours that are famously associated with the silver maple leaf on an autumn day in Canada.
This superb coin is the product of an exacting manufacturing process, which includes the use of specialized equipment to shape the dies and the laborious task of controlling the silver to ensure uniformity. The first maple leaf-shaped silver coin sold out in just two days—the addition of beautifulcolours that recreate autumn's glow is sure tomake this coin just as highly sought after!
