Composition : 92,5% silver, 7,5% copper, the inside ring is in niobium
Mintage : 7,500

Calendar in the Sky

We look to the sky to see if rain is coming, but there was a time when people gleaned far more information from gazing upward-particulary at night. Throughout history, cultures around the world have recognized the moon as the guardian of nature's cycles. Its perpetual waxing and waning, "dying" and reappearing, marked the passage of time--not clock time, but the rythms of life; the ebb and flow of the sea; the birth, maturation and migration of animals; the sprouting of new plants and the scattering of seeds.

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Full Hunter's Moon

October is a month of failing leaves. Its full moon is known as Travel Moon or Dying Moon, but its most common name is Hunter's Moon to reflect the fact that the anomals are fattened for winter and it is time for hunters to build their provisions for the cold months ahead - a venture  of patience and strenght inspired by the ever-changing cycle of life.


This coin isthe second issue of the Full Moons collection.
The first coin of the series, released in 2011, depicts the Summer Moon.
The second coin of the series, released in 2011, depicts the Autumn Moon.
The third coin of the series, released in 2012, depicts the Winter Moon.
The fourth coin of the series, released in 2012, depicts the Spring Moon.
 

FULL MOONS - FULL HUNTER'S MOON - 2011 CANADIAN COINS 02 is categorised COINS AND PAPER MONEY / 08- ROYAL CANADIAN MINT / 10- FLORA, FAUNA & NATURE and sold by l'Imaginaire, a store and specialised website.