CANADA
REIGN OF ELIZABETH II (1952-PRESENT) - HOUSE OF WINDSOR
FLOWERS OF CANADA SERIES - FIREWEED
.99999 PURE GOLD - SERIES CALLED "THE WORLD'S PUREST GOLD COIN" CERTIFIED BY NGC PROOF 69 ULTRA CAMEO
OBV: BUST OF ELIZABETH II RIGHT.
REV: TWO STALKS OF FIREWEED.
EPILOBIUM ANGUSTIFOLIUM (FIREWEED, ALSO CALLED GREAT WILLOW HERB, OR ROSEBAY WILLOWHERB) IS AN HERBACIOUS PERENNIAL PLANT THAT NATIVE AMERICANS GATHERED TO MIX WITH GREENS. IT HAS BEEN THE PROVINCIAL FLOWER OF THE YUKON TERRITORY SINCE 1957, AND A PICTURE OF FIREWEED IS OFTEN USED IN PROMOTIONALS FOR THE ANNUAL AUGUST 18TH DISCOVERY DAY, THE DATE CELEBRATING THE 1896 KLONDIKE GOLDRUSH.
KM # (NL)
CONTAINS 38.05 GRAMS OF .99999 FINE GOLD (1.2232 OZS AGW)
34 MM IN DIAMETER
ONLY 2,004 MINTED!
