Canada 2017 20 dollars KM-2432
This specimen was lot 3267 in Steve Album Auction 55 (Santa Rosa, CA, May 2026), where it sold for $120. The catalog description[1] noted, "CANADA: Elizabeth II, 1952-2022, AR 20 dollars, 2017, Dogbane Beetle, with Venetian glass beetle affixed on the reverse, contains 1 troy ounce of pure silver, with COA and original Royal Canadian Mint case of issue, Proof. From the Royal Canadian Mint, 'This coin’s reverse design is punctuated by a shimmering Venetian glass beetle that was handcrafted by master glassmaker Giuliano Donaggio in Murano, Italy. The glass beetle is poised on a coloured design by Canadian artist Maurice Gervais that features the leaves and pink, bell-shaped flowers of the dogbane plant, one of the beetle’s preferred food sources. Murano glass coins from the Royal Canadian Mint are highly sought after today for their beauty and collectability, and all issues to date have quickly sold out. Because the Murano glass dogbane beetle has been fashioned by hand, each coin is unique!'" In 2017, this denomination was used for KM 2017, 2212, 2401, 2402, 2403, 2404, 2406, 2407, 2408, 2409, 2410, 2411, 2412, 2413, 2414, 2415, 2416, 2417, 2418, 2419, 2420, 2421, 2422, KM 2423, 2424, 2425, 2426, 2427, 2428, 2429, KM 2432 (shown here), 2433, 2434, 2435, 2436, 2437, 2438, 2439, 2440, KM 2441, 2442, 2443, 2444, 2445, 2446, 2447, 2448, 2449, KM 2450, 2451, 2452, 2453, 2454, 2455, 2456, 2457, 2458, 2459, 2460, 2465, 2466, 2467, 2469, 2470, 2471, 2472, 2473, 2474, 2475, 2476, 2477, 2478, 2479, 2480, 2481, 2462, 2463, 2464 and 2663.
Recorded mintage: 8,500.
Specification: 31.39 g, 0.999 fine silver, 38 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: KM-2432.
- 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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