2008 Canada Proof Silver * Dinosaur Collection *Triceratops, Dollar +COA

Description

2008 Dinosaur Collection, Triceratops, Proof Silver Dollar.
Features
Issuer Canada
Queen Elizabeth II (1952-date)
Type Non-circulating coin
Year 2008
Value 4 Dollars (4 CAD)
Currency Canadian dollar (1858-date)
Composition Silver (.9999)
Weight 15.87 g
Diameter 34 mm
Shape Round
Technique Milled
Orientation Medal alignment ↑↑
Number N# 33182
References KM# 797
Commemorative issue
Dinosaur series
Obverse
Modern Portrait of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, First used on canadian coins in 2003
Script: Latin
Lettering: ELIZABETH II D.G. REGINA
Engraver: Susana Blunt
Reverse
Features a complete Triceratops skull, a rare discovery made in Saskatchewan in 1967. (Made with tarnished silver)
Script: Latin
Lettering: CANADA 4 DOLLARS
Engraver: Kerri Burnett
Edge
Reeded
Comments
Triceratops is a genus of herbivorous ceratopsid dinosaur that first appeared during the late Maastrichtian stage of the late Cretaceous period, about 68 million years ago in what is now North America. It is one of the last known non-avian dinosaur genera, and became extinct in the Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event 66 million years ago. The name Triceratops, which literally means "three-horned face", is derived from the Ancient Greek words τρί- (tri-) meaning "three", κέρας (kéras) meaning "horn", and ὤψ (ōps) meaning "face".