10 Dollars - Elizabeth II Kraken

10 Dollars - Elizabeth II (Kraken) - obverse10 Dollars - Elizabeth II (Kraken) - reverse

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Features

Issuer Canada
Queen Elizabeth II (1952-2022)
Type Non-circulating coin
Year 2020
Value 10 Dollars
10 CAD = USD 7.38
Currency Dollar (1858-date)
Composition Silver (.9999)
Weight 62.67 g
Diameter 38 mm
Shape Round
Technique Milled
Orientation Medal alignment ↑↑
Number
N#
198631
References Ch# RC-1506,
Mark Drake (editor); 2022. A Charlton Standard Catalogue / Volume 1. Canadian Coins : Numismatic issues (75th edition). Charlton Press, Kitchener, Ontario, Canada.
And 1 more volumes.
KM# 2996
Tracy L. Schmidt (editor); 2019. Standard Catalog of World Coins / 2001-Date (14th edition). Krause Publications, Stevens Point, Wisconsin, United States.
And 5 more volumes.

Series: CAN:Creatures of the North

Obverse

Head of Queen Elizabeth II, as at 77 years of age, bare headed, wearing necklace and earrings, facing right.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
ELIZABETH II 2020 D·G·REGINA
10 DOLLARS

Unabridged legend: ELIZABETH II DEI GRATIA REGINA

Translation: Elizabeth II Queen by the grace of God

Engraver: Susan Taylor

Designer: Susanna Blunt

Reverse

The Kraken attacking a ship

Script: Latin

Lettering:
CANADA
9999
FINE SILVER 2 OZ ARGENT PUR

Engraver: MRC/RCM

Edge

SerratedAutomatically translated

Mint

Royal Canadian Mint of Ottawa, Canada (1908-date)

Comments

As soon as the first ships set sail, monsters emerged from the depths to strike terror into the hearts of their occupants. In the pantheon of fright is the kraken, that gigantic sea creature with tentacles so imposing they can easily destroy an entire ship and carry it to the bottom of the sea.

From the Nordic countries to Greenland, South Africa and New Zealand, the kraken has been present in European navigational charts and beliefs since 1555. In the 1700s, it was also sighted by European settlers in Newfoundland and Labrador.

An early photograph confirms the existence of strange tentacled creatures off the coast of Newfoundland and Labrador, but the colossal size they could reach was only revealed in 1878, when a 17 m-long monster ran aground at Glovers Harbour, in Thimble Tickle Bay. The enigmatic kraken still eludes scientists to this day, but recent underwater images suggest that mysterious giants lurk beneath the waves.Automatically translated

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