2022 Canada The Bigger Picture: Beaver – 5 oz. The second coin in the Royal Canadian Mint’s The Bigger Picture series! It holds a special place in Canada’s history, and since 1937, the beaver has occupied the place of honour on our five-cent circulation coin. Canadians are used to seeing a lone Castor canadensis on the five-cent coin’s reverse. But this Bigger Picture offers a different take. By re-imagining the five-cent’s “mascot” as a member of a busy beaver colony, the expanded scene highlights the species’ important role in Canada’s boreal forest, where its dams create wetland habitats for other species. Zoom in and pull back to view a new, bigger picture-this is Coin #2 in a series that creatively re-imagines Canada’s circulation coin designs. The coin’s reverse combines G. Kruger-Gray’s five-cent coin design with a new, expanded scene by Canadian artist Pierre Leduc. The classic design inspired the view of the boreal forest wetland, where the beaver sitting atop a rock is a member of a colony that is busily building a dam. The obverse features a maple leaf pattern and the effigy of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II by Susanna Blunt. Specifications: Mintage: 1,300 Composition: 99.99% pure silver Weight: 157.6 g Diameter: 65.25 mm Face Value: 5 cents Finish: Proof Edge: Serrated Artist: 5 cent coin: G. Kruger Gray Extended background: Pierre Leduc Special Features. A creative concept! Pull back and see the bigger picture: this is Coin #2 in an inspiring Royal Canadian Mint series. A New Take! They’re Canada’s circulation coins as you’ve never seen them before! Re-created on a 5 oz. 99.99% pure silver coin, each coin design forms the basis for a newly expanded story that puts a fresh spin on a collector favourite. A new view of the beaver! Kruger-Gray’s beaver design first appeared on the five-cent coin 85 years ago, and on this 5 oz. Coin, it has been creatively reimagined as a portion of a new and larger scene by artist Pierre Leduc. It’s purely a celebration of Canada’s most famous engraved art, sized to fit this expanded canvas and story! Note: The engraved reproduction is not the same size as the actual circulation coin.. Each of these coins is crafted from five ounces of the world’s finest silver (99.99% pure). That high silver content gives each coin a diameter of 65.25 mm (the same as our previous Big Coin series), which provides ample room for elaborate art and complex engraving. Each coin in this series features a maple leaf pattern that fills the field on the obverse. An exciting collecting opportunity for those who love Canada’s circulation coins! But hurry, mintage is limited to just 1,300 coins worldwide. Coin comes encapsulated with black beauty box. Citadel Coins Halifax, Nova Scotia Official Royal Canadian Mint Distributor.