The Coin Company is proud to present 2025 $20 Fine Silver Coin - Dinosaur Eye by the Royal Canadian Mint.
Travel back to an age when dinosaurs ruled the Earth and see the world as they saw it! With each new fossil discovery, paleontologists are able to piece together new information about what the world looked like millions of years before us, and this oval-shaped coin from the Royal Canadian Mint presents a view of that long-gone reality. The coin’s oval outline is perfectly shaped for an extreme closeup of the eye (and scaly eyelid) of Thanatotheristes, the most ancient Canadian tyrannosaur and the top predator of its time. For another view of this species, take a closer look at the colourful reflection in the eye – you’ll notice that this fearsome two-legged carnivore wasn’t travelling alone.
KEY FEATURES
- Only the second oval-shaped coin of this size from the Royal Canadian Mint (the first was the 2017 football coin).
- The curved outline and convex reverse lend themselves beautifully to a realistic rendering of a dinosaur eye.
- The design was also reviewed by the Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology, which was involved in identifying the tyrannosaur species.
- Always a popular theme with collectors and Canadians of all ages.
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