2024 Canada $20 1oz Silver Maple Leaf Pulsating Forest UHR NGC PF70 FDOI Signed

  

The world-famous Royal Canadian Mint (RCM) introduced the beautiful Walter Ott-designed Maple Leaf coin in 1979. That popular and iconic design remained unchanged until 2022, when it was re-sculpted in Ultra-High Relief (UHR) by former RCM Senior Engraver Susan Taylor. Because she had worked closely with Ott during his tenure at the Mint, Taylor was deemed the only person officials at RCM felt had the skill and experience to master this momentous task.

Coin Celebrates Canada's Forests With Pulsating Fields And Ultra High Relief Detail. In 2024 for the third year of Canada's Ultra High Relief Maple Leaf series, the one-ounce silver coin has elevated Taylor's design into a new dimension with a technologically advanced striking method that creates a unique pulsating field. Here's how it works: Hundreds of micro-engineered, precision-engraved, sub-millimeter-scale surfaces have been struck into the fields of this coin in such a manner that the boreal forests of Canada seem to rise from their surfaces as the coin is rotated. The Forest Field is repeated on both sides of the coin, further incorporating the very forests that make up so much of Canada's landscape into the coin's design! Simply put, these coins are not only miniature works of art but also miniature sculptures.

What's more, they were also struck as Reverse Proof coins. A Reverse Proof is the opposite of a regular Proofs that features frosted details rising over mirror-like fields. Reverse Proofs have mirror-like details rising over beautifully frosted fields.

It's an especially breathtaking effect when used in combination with the coin's dramatic relief. Flawless Proofs From Among The First Issued. Each coin will also come sonically sealed in a museum-quality acrylic holder and encapsulated with a label personally signed by its designer, Susan Taylor, the former Senior Engraver at the Royal Canadian Mint. Taylor worked at The Mint from 1981 until her retirement in 2017 and won the American Medal of the Year Award in 2016.

SUSAN TAYLOR'S ICONIC MAPLE LEAF DESIGN - The Maple Leaf on this coin was designed by former Royal Canadian Mint Senior Engraver Susan Taylor. Her design replaced the famous Walter Ott design in 2022. The effigy of King Charles III appears on the coin's obverse.

PULSATING FOREST FIELD - Hundreds of micro-engineered, precision-engraved, sub-millimeter-scale surfaces have been struck into the fields of this coin in such a manner that the boreal forests of Canada seem to rise from their surfaces as the coin is rotated. EXTRAORDINARY ULTRA HIGH RELIEF - These Maple Leaf coins were struck by the Royal Canadian Mint in Ultra High Relief (UHR) with detail so intricate that the designs seem like they're leaping from their surfaces.

STRUCK IN PURE SILVER - Each Maple Leaf Ultra High Relief Pulsating Forest coin was struck in a full ounce of highly pure 99.99% silver and measure 36 mm in diameter. KEY FIRST DAY OF ISSUE CERTIFICATION - NGC has certified that your One-Ounce Silver Maple Leaf Ultra High Relief Pulsating Forest Reverse Proof is a First Day of Issue (FDI) coin, independent authentication that your coin was released by the mint during the premier day of the series' issue.

SIGNED BY THE COIN'S DESIGNER - Your coin will be sonically sealed in an acrylic holder and encapsulated with a label personally signed by Susan Taylor, the former Senior Engraver at the Royal Canadian Mint. Just 8,000 of these 99.99% silver coins were struck for worldwide release. Year of Issue: 2024 Country: Canada Composition: Silver Purity: 999 Condition: Proof Relief Type: Ultra High Relief Grade: PF70. 31.103 Grams - g. Each additional item for Canada and International is 0.50 cents. (WITH THE EXCEPTION OF GOLD COINS). ONCE YOUR DONE SHOPPING, PLEASE MESSAGE ME AND I WILL SEND YOU A COMBINED INVOICE.