Magic of the Northern Lights – 2 oz. Fine Silver Coin

Magic of the Northern Lig...

$181.52 USD
New

Magic of the Northern Lights – 2 oz. Fine Silver Coin

Silver 2025 Mintage 4,500
New

Magic of the Northern Lights – 2 oz. Fine Silver Coin

Silver 2025 Mintage 4,500
$181.52 USD
Masters Club: 2,600 Status: CAN & US shipping only
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Shipping: Expected to be shipped on Apr 09

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Specifications

Product Number 249779
Mintage 4,500
Composition 99.99% pure silver, with colour and blacklight technology
Weight 62.69 g
Diameter 50 mm
Edge Serrated
Face Value $30
Finish Proof
Packaging Black clamshell with black beauty box
Artist Alexandra Lefort (reverse), Steven Rosati (obverse)

Design & Artist

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Alexandra Lefort, Artist

I first saw the northern lights through a plane window while flying over Northern Canada—I spent most of that flight watching the bright green, white and purple curtains of light dancing in the night sky until they slowly disappeared in the golden light of dawn. As we flew over mountains and forests, I tried to picture how the northern lights would be perceived from down there, and how nocturnal animals were living their lives under the colourful sky. I drew on that magical experience to design this coin. Since I wanted the scene to be representative of a large number of areas in Canada, I chose to represent a Great Grey Owl, sometimes called “Phantom of the North,” which lives in the boreal forests of central, western and northern Canada.

Alexandra Lefort, Artist

J. Randy Attwood, FRASC, Royal Astronomical Society of Canada, Executive Director from 2014 to 2019

One of the most majestic spectacles in the night sky is a full-sky auroral display. The shimmering waves of blue, purple, red, and green happen when charged particles emitted by the Sun interact with Earth’s magnetosphere. When atoms such as oxygen and nitrogen in Earth’s upper atmosphere interact with these charged particles near Earth's magnetic poles, the atoms emit the colourful light. The colours depend not only on the atoms, but on the altitude of the atoms, as well. The northern lights, or aurora borealis, are best seen in northern latitudes, making Canada a perfect place to see them.

J. Randy Attwood, FRASC, Royal Astronomical Society of Canada, Executive Director from 2014 to 2019

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