2025 Canada Moon Phases - Fine Silver with Black Rhodium Plating Puzzle Coin Set

2025 Canada Moon Phases - Fine Silver with Black Rhodium Plating Puzzle Coin Set

The Lunar cycle unfolds across this puzzle coin set – the first of its kind with black rhodium plating.

The Moon is a powerful force in the natural world, where moonlight and Moon phases can influence everything from wildlife navigation to birdsong. Using selective black rhodium plating to create a high-contrast night view, this wildlife-themed Puzzle Coin Set traces the Lunar cycle across its eight coins: one round centrepiece and seven puzzle-shaped outer pieces. The outer pieces share the same engraved design, but one by one, different Moon phases and animals emerge from under the cover of darkness, as the rhodium plating yields to a portion of the engraving, allowing these silver elements to tell the story. Meanwhile, the Full Moon at the centre casts its silver light on the landscape, offering you a glimpse of what goes on in the wild after dark.

Our first black-rhodium-plated puzzle coin set.

Dimensions: 111.3 mm (Central coin: 50 mm; Individual puzzle pieces: 47.4 mm x 30.65 mm x 21.54 mm)

Features:

• A first for us. This is the first time we’ve (selectively) applied black rhodium plating to a puzzle coin set, which is crafted in 99.99% pure silver.
• Using contrast to tell the story. The seven outer pieces all share the same engraved design featuring the Moon, a Great Horned Owl, white-tailed deer, grizzly bears, little brown bats, wolves, a North American beaver and a Common Nighthawk. Only a portion of the Moon and one species are unobscured by black rhodium on each puzzle piece, where these silver elements tell the story.
• Same size as the 2023 set. Your Puzzle Coin Set consists of a round centrepiece and seven puzzle-shaped outer pieces.
• Only 1,100 sets. Mintage is very low, with only 1,100 sets available to collectors worldwide.
• Includes mini booklet. Each 2025 Puzzle Coin Set comes with a mini booklet that describes the design elements on each puzzle piece.
• Includes serialized certificate. The Royal Canadian Mint certifies all of its collector coins.
• No GST/HST.

Design:

Inspired by the Lunar cycle and the Moon’s influence on nature, the assembled eight-piece puzzle set features a reverse design by artist Caitlin Lindstrom-Milne, with black rhodium plating setting the tone for a nighttime view.

The round centrepiece features a nocturnal landscape inhabited by bats, wolves and bears, and illuminated by a full Moon that appears larger near the horizon, allowing a clear view of its surface features. Around this central piece, seven interconnecting, puzzle-shaped pieces share the same engraved, forest-themed design. On each piece, selective black rhodium plating conceals most of the engraving in order to reveal a different Moon phase and a known nocturnal or crepuscular Canadian animal (clockwise from the right/3 o’clock position): white-tailed deer for the new Moon; a Great Horned Owl for the waxing crescent; wolves for the first quarter; a North American beaver for the waxing gibbous; a Common Nighthawk for the waning gibbous; grizzly bears for the third quarter; and little brown bats for the waning crescent Moon.

Each coin’s obverse features the effigy of His Majesty King Charles III by Canadian artist Steven Rosati.

Packaging:

Your puzzle coin set comes encapsulated and presented in a Royal Canadian Mint-branded wood case with a black beauty box. Also included is a mini booklet that describes the design elements on each puzzle piece.

Specifications:

Face Value: -
Mintage: 1,100
Composition: 99.99% pure silver with selective black rhodium plating
Weight (g): 297
Diameter (mm): -
Finish: Modified Reverse Proof