Canada 2018 20 dollars
This specimen was lot 3135 in Steve Album Auction 54 (Santa Rosa, CA, January 2026), where it sold for $75. The catalog description[1] noted,
"CANADA: Elizabeth II, 1952-2022, AR 20 dollars, 2018, Fossils of Canada Series -Marrella splendens, a marine arthropod, antique finish, with COA and original deluxe case of issue and stand, Unc. As per the Royal Canadian Mint, "It features a near life-sized reproduction of Marrella splendens, a marine arthropod from the Middle Cambrian period (505 million years ago), whose curving spines and wedge-shaped head are among its most distinguishing features. A carefully sculpted rock texture fills the field and surrounds the precision-engraved fossils, resulting in a more true-to-life rendering of the Marrella specimen recovered from the Burgess Shale Formation. While the rimless coin's unique shape is the product of an old coin-making technique, the antiqued look of a patina finish adds to the design's "ancient" look and feel, which extends to the prehistoric-looking font on the reverse and obverse." The coin's design is based on fossils curated at the Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology in Drumheller, Alberta."
Other NCLT's in this denomination issued in 2018 included KM 2431, 2628, 2629, 2630, 2631, 2632, 2633, 2634, 2635, 2636, 2637, 2639, 2640, 2641, 2642, 2643, 2644, 2645, 2646, 2647, 2648, 2649, 2650, 2651, 2652, 2653, 2654, 2656, 2657, 2658, 2659, 2673, KM 2674, 2675, KM 2676, 2677, 2678, 2679, 2680, KM 2681, 2682, KM 2684, 2685, 2704, 2705 and 3033 and others, such as this one, not yet assigned a KM number.
Recorded mintage: 5,500 proofs.
Specification: 31.39 g, 0.999 fine silver, 38 mm diameter, irregular edge.
Catalog reference: KM unlisted, RCM/MRC-163392.
- 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 54, featuring selections from the Kenneth A. Bovenkamp Collection of Ottoman Coins, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2025.
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