Mintage: 1,400 coins.

Ever since this collection launched in 1998, the unsurpassed purity standard of these coins has put them in a class of their own. Numismatists who began acquiring each annual issue are now the proud owners of a remarkable collection, currently 11 coins strong. Even on its own, this coin's purity and low mintage make it a highly sought-after acquisition.
This latest issue features the Arctic's lovely creeping purple saxifrage, also know as French-knot moss or aupilaktunnguat in Inuktitut, the native language of Nunavut, Canada's youngest territory, which adopted this flower as its floral emblem in 2000.

This coin si part of the Canadian provincial floral emblems. This serie began is 1998. The are the coins we have:
- Blue Flag, Quebec's floral emblem, released in 2006.
- Pruple Violet, New-Brunswick's floral emblem, released in 2007.
- Purple Saxifrage, Nunavut's floral emblem, released in 2008.

CANADIAN FLORAL EMBLEMS - THE PURPLE SAXIFRAGE, NUNAVUT - 2008 CANADIAN COINS 11 is categorised COINS AND PAPER MONEY / 08- ROYAL CANADIAN MINT / 25- GOLD, PLATINE & PALLADIUM COINS and sold by l'Imaginaire, a store and specialised website.