Canada 2014 10 dollars KM-1653

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Steve Album sale 55, lot 3256

This specimen was lot 3256 in Steve Album Auction 55 (Santa Rosa, CA, May 2026), where it sold for $70. The catalog description[1] noted, "CANADA: Elizabeth II, 1952-2022, AR 10 dollars, 2014, Green Darner Dragonfly, contains 0.510 troy ounce of pure silver, with COA and original Royal Canadian Mint case of issue, Proof. As per the Royal Canadian Mint, 'The second in the Royal Canadian Mint's exciting "Dragonfly" series featuring painted Canadian dragonfly species set against hologram images of their natural habitat! One of the loveliest, largest, and most widespread dragonfly species in Canada is Anax junius, commonly known as the Green Darner. Both males and females range in length between 70 and 80 millimetres and have a wingspan of 100 to 120 millimetres. The Green Darner's common name is rooted in its bright green body and long blue abdominal region marked with a black line along its entire length that looks much like a darning needle. The Green Darner has large green or brown eyes that join at the top of its head, extending the dragonfly's scope of vision to nearly 360 degrees. The area just in front of the conjoined eyes bears a distinctive dark "bull's-eye" marking.'" Other NCLT's in this denomination issued in 2014 included KM 1346, 1517, 1533, 1580, 1590, 1599, 1607, 1612, 1613, 1625.1, 1649.1, 1650, 1651, 1652, 1653 (shown here), 1654, 1655, 1705, 1713, KM 1748, 1787, 1791, 1793, 1800, 1917.1, 1918.1, 1919.1, 1920.1, 1922.1, 1923.

Recorded mintage: 7,471.

Specification: 15.87 g, 0.999 fine silver, 34 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM-1653.

Sources:

  • Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 2001-Date, 13th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2018.
  • [1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Hanbing Feng, Auction 55, featuring Selections from the Swamperbob Gurney Collection of Cap & Ray 8 Reales, the Kenneth A. Bovenkamp Collection of Ottoman Coins and the 1914 Collection of World Coins, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2026.

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