2014 Canadian Cougar - 5 Coin Pure Gold, Platinum and Silver Set

2014 Canadian Cougar - 5 Coin Pure Gold, Platinum and Silver Set

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 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.

Get the entire 5-coin set to complete the story of a year in the life of a female cougar as she negotiates a mountain pass, stalks on a tree limb, and fixes her gaze on her quarry.

Cougar - Atop a Mountain:
Your coin features a female cougar negotiating a rocky mountainpass. Viewed from her left side, the cougar is presented in full-body detail, each massive muscle in her powerful back legs, shoulders, and fore-paws finely rendered. Her long, counterbalancing tail hangs gracefully behind her and her head is lowered as she uses her exceptional vision to determine the bestpath through the landscape. The lower half of the image depicts the massive outcroppings of a barren mountainside. In the background of the upper half ofthe image we see a few scraggly pine boughs, addingvisual interest to the image and balancing the lower half of the design.

Cougar - Perched on a Maple Tree:
Your coin features a female cougar resting silently on a tree limb. The focal point of this beautifully detailed image isthe cougar's intense gaze as she locks her unseen prey in her sights. Her gaze will not leave this unsuspecting target until she is upon it. Her left forepaw and muscular front arm extend down the tree limb, claws extended to ensure her grip. Her entire body curls under her as she gathers her full power to leap. Beneath the tree limb, her long tail provides the perfect counter-balance, ensuring the uncanny accuracy and distance of her leap. The image is beautifully balanced by the spray of leafy maple branches, transformed to autumnal orange, that provide the cougar with the camouflage that is so essential to her hunting success.

Cougar - Pouncing in the Snow:
Your coin features a female cougar leaping through the snow towardher 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.

Cougar - Platinum and Gold coins:
Your gold and platinum coins feature a portrait of a female cougar. The animal's powerful, intimidating golden eyes ringed in dark tones, blunt muzzle spiked with long whiskers, short round ears, and dense fur are presented in full detail, bringing the intensity of the moment fully to life.

Features

•  This beautiful 99.99% pure gold, platinum and 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 gold, platinum and silver in an engraved work of stunning artistry.
•  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.
•  Your coins are GST/HST exempt and have a limited worldwide mintage.

Packaging

The 5 coin series comes in an elegant wooden collector case, yours free with your subscription.

Specifications

Face Value: $20, $5
Mintage: 8,500
Composition: 99.99% Gold, Platinum and Silver
Weight (g): 31.39, 3.11 (total weight in grams 100.45)
Diameter (mm): 38
Finish: Proof