Canada 2014 $20 Cougar: Pouncing in the Snow 1 oz. Pure Silver Proof Coin

SKU# OK141413E

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Canada 2014 $20 Cougar: Pouncing in the Snow 1 oz. Pure Silver Proof Coin

Selective Gold Plating!

Specifications

Composition: 99.99% pure silver with selective gold plating

Finish: proof

Weight (g): 31.39 (one troy oz.)

Diameter (mm): 38

Edge:  serrated

Face Value:  $20 (a legal tender Canadian coin)

Artists:  Maurade Baynton (reverse), Susanna Blunt (obverse)

Description

The cougar is one of Canada's most powerful, elusive and beautiful predators. This silent hunter is the perfect subject for the Royal Canadian Mint's stunning new three-coin and five-coin sets. Viewed together, the series showcases the variety of finishes, selective plating applications, colour and precious metals used by Royal Canadian Mint engravers to bring life and energy to every image.

Special features:

• This beautiful 99.99% pure silver coin set features multiple technologies to bring out the stunning beauty of a cougar.
• Celebrate the life and habits of an astonishing Canadian predator, struck in 99.99% pure silver in an engraved work of stunning artistry.
• For our Canadian customers, this coin is GST/HST exempt.

Design:

This coin features a female cougar leaping through the snow toward her prey. Viewed from the position of the prey animal, this dynamic portrait presents to stunning effect the cougar's most important hunting tools: her large, powerful fore-paws, highly muscular back legs, long counterbalance tail, strong shoulders for holding down prey, and sharp gaze. In a stylized landscape of snow-covered rocky terrain, she leaps with intense focus toward the viewer. The cougar is finished in gold plating to bring the intensity of the image to life.

Packaging:

Each coin is encapsulated and comes in a Royal Canadian Mint maroon clam-shell case protected by a white sleeve.

Shipping & Handling

Fast, free shipping & handling via USPS First Class Mail to all U.S. addresses.  USPS Priority Mail & Priority Mail Express are also available for an additional charge.

International shipping via ebay’s Global Shipping Program.

Additional Information

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Silver U.S. Quarters for 2013

Lewisville, Texas – Most Americans believe that the U.S. Mint stopped minting silver quarters after 1964.  However, they would only be partially correct.  While not minted for circulation, silver quarters are still being minted each year by the United States Mint at San Francisco.  All of the silver quarters minted are “proof” strikes.  Proof strikes are minted using carefully prepared blanks and special high-pressure coin presses.  The fields (flat areas) on proof coins are polished mirror bright, while the devices (portraits and other design elements) have a frosted finish.  These special processes result in the beautiful cameo (or “deep cameo”) appearance found on proof coins. 

 

The number of silver quarters is tiny when compared to the cupronickel clad quarters minted for circulation.  Using 2011 as an example, the Denver and Philadelphia United States Mint locations together minted approximately 348 million coins for each of the five America the Beautiful Quarter designs issued that year.  At the same time, the San Francisco Mint location minted only 626 thousand silver quarters for each design.  The three factors of silver content, proof strike, and the small number minted result in strong collector and investor demand for silver quarters, and premium pricing.

 

The San Francisco Mint location also mints proof strikes of cupronickel clad quarters.  These are also beautiful and highly collectible coins.  However, the difference in appearance of clad and silver quarters is dramatic.  When compared side by side, the silver proofs are obviously brighter, whiter, and more breathtakingly beautiful than clad proofs.

 

Collectors will want examples of both clad and silver proofs in their collection.  Investors, however, gravitate toward the silver proofs.  The San Francisco Mint location minted approximately 1 million clad proof quarters for each of the five 2011 designs, still a very small number when compared to circulation strikes (also known as, “business” strikes).  The value of the highest quality silver proofs may surprise you.  Those graded PR70DCAM by PCGS (the largest and most respected third party authentication, grading and certification service in the world) may command prices from $50 to $100 each, even for very recent issues. (PR70DCAM is the highest possible grade for any proof coin.  It stands for, Proof 70 Deep Cameo.  Coins are uniformly graded on a scale from 1 to 70.)

 

OK Ranch offers silver proof quarters both “raw” (ungraded) and PCGS graded & certified.  Visit Coins Jewelry & More at www.coinsjewelrymore.com or OK Ranch on ebay at www.okranchcoins.com to see the hundreds of silver proofs offered by OK Ranch Land and Cattle Company.  Or contact OK Ranch by email to shop@coinsjewelrymore.com for more information.