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P.O. Box 457 C.P. 457 Station A Succursale A Ottawa ON K1N 8V5 Ottawa ON K1N 8V5 www.mint.ca www.monnaie.ca F rom the Royal Canadian Mint 2011 | NUMBER 4 ENG-COV-JUNE11 #114073 Welcome to the world, $5995 little one! 2011 1/2-Ounce Fine Silver Coin The perfect add-on to any baby shower gift. Includes a full-colour certificate of authenticity with space to add your personalized message. Limited to 10,000 coins worldwide Under a magical, All prices are in Canadian dollars. Printed in Canada on recyclable paper. Products may differ from those shown and are not actual size unless specified. Taxes extra. Shipping and mystical, moon handling charges will apply. The Royal Canadian Mint reserves the right to refuse or limit orders, and to change its prices and product offerings without notice. The Mint also reserves the right to impose purchase quantity limits on certain items. The date of shipment will be determined by the volume of orders received, product availability and other factors. While every effort is made to ensure the accuracy of the information, images and prices printed in this catalogue, the Royal Canadian Mint reserves the right to make corrections if an error does occur. The Mint also makes every effort to anticipate product demand. However, some products may sell out during the production of our catalogues and are no longer available once these documents enter general distribution. © 2011 Royal Canadian Mint. All rights reserved. Follow us on Twitter Find us on Facebook Pour recevoir cet envoi en français, téléphonez au 1-888-215-3288 This campaign ends August 5, 2011 (subject to product availability). One simple guarantee: i am pleased to reveal our latest numismatic treasures in this issue of impression. 100% satisfaction or your money back! The 2011 $150 Pure Gold Coin --Blessings of Happiness (page 8) is the perfect blend of superior quality and innovative design. This exceptional The Royal Canadian Mint fully guarantees 99.999% pure gold coin is a testament to the Mint’s superior capabilities in the superior quality and craftsmanship of its precious metals refining, while its unique scallop shape illustrates just one products. If you are not completely satisfied with your purchase, simply return it to us by of the many ways we continue to infuse our timeless craft with cutting- Ottawa Winnipeg regular mail in its original packaging within edge design. 30 days and we will gladly offer you a The 2011 $15 Fine Silver Coin --Maple of Happiness (page 6) also Come visit... replacement (subject to product availability) or send you a full refund. In the case of a embodies the superior craftsmanship and tradition that have been the We have a great selection of gift ideas and defective product, we will accept returns for Ian E. Bennett hallmarks of the Mint for over 100 years. its design expresses the promise keepsakes for everyone on your list. 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Everyone will want the latest Birds of Canada coin. 10 LURKING BENEATH THE WAVES. A close encounter with Quebec’s elusive, mythical creature! QUESTIONS about coin collecting? We’ve got the ANSWERS! 2011 25-Cent Coloured Coin— Dedicated collectors and casual buyers H.R.H. prince William & alike are invited to ask any questions they Miss Catherine Middleton might have regarding our coins. #114642 $2595 If the descriptions you’ve read in our brochures or on our website have found you wanting more information, send your query to [email protected]. Our team of experts will review your question— Order yours while quantities last! and may publish it along with their answer mint.ca/impression on mint.ca. Watch for it! impression 2011 | NUMBER 4 3 The language of the moon. Canadian artist John Mantha has created countless the bush where it starts to get dark as soon as the visual works for advertising agencies, corporations, sun disappears behind the trees. But if there’s a full book publishers, magazines, television and movies, moon, it makes all the difference when you have to so when he was asked to illustrate for coins, he find your way around the campsite.” eagerly embraced this challenging new medium. While doing background research for the Full Moon Mantha is undeterred by the challenge of downsizing Series, Mantha discovered that Canada’s First his creative thinking from a movie screen or book Nations people share a deep connection with the page to the minute proportions of a coin, “The size moon, “In fact, aboriginal cultures around the world of the finished product is really secondary. I see consistently look to the skies for information— my role as an interpreter. I listen carefully to my when to plant; when to hunt; when animals begin client to get a ‘feeling’ for what they are trying to their migration.” say, and then figure out how to express it through my art. Some people speak multiple languages to “I believe the moon has magical qualities that are verbally communicate an idea, but the languages undeniable,” says Mantha, “Ever notice how people I use are visual; and they include everything from glance up at night, even if for a second? The moon’s the paint or pencil; the paper or canvas; colours, size and location may change, but its powerful shapes, style and perspective.” allure remains the same. This is why I kept it silver in all the designs. Regardless of the weather or the The Full Moon Series is Mantha’s sixth collaboration season, the moon is constant—a reassuring source with the Mint. “I have a great appreciation for the of comfort for us here on earth.” beauty of the full moon,” he says. “I grew up in Sault Ste. Marie and would go canoeing deep in Timekeeper for the Algonquin people. In North America, the First Nations tribes that comprise the Algonquin people looked to the moon to track time. They assigned a name to every full moon to reflect the seasonal activities that accompanied each cycle. Theirs was a vast territory that extended from Lake Superior to the eastern seaboard, resulting in a variety of names throughout the Algonquin community. The buck, hunter, wolf and pink full moons represent summer, autumn, winter and spring. Artist: John Mantha 4 Subscribe to the complete 4-coin series today and get this Actual Size elegant wooden display case FREE! Quote #113357 Subscription price subject to change. By credit card only. Buck Moon #113355 new all new Shipping starts August 2011 Now available! series technology $12195 our FIRST-EVER NIoBIUM coins. Hunter’s Moon Wolf Moon Pink Moon October 2011 January 2012 May 2012 Full Moon Series 2011 $5 Sterling Silver and Niobium Coin—Buck Moon Highlights: By undertaking the technical complexities of producing a niobium Composition: 92.5% silver, coin, these Royal Canadian Mint “firsts” set the bar high for 7.5% copper (outer ring) niobium unmatched colour and lustre.