2022 RCM MERCURY’S HORNED FACE, 2nd Issue “Discovering Dinosaurs” Series, 1 oz Silver Coin; 20 CAD

Description

Metal              Silver

Purity             0.999

Weight           31,1 g (1 Troy Oz)

Diameter       45 mm

Attributes      Black Rhodium Plating

Mintage         10,000

Presentation Box and CoA included

A follow-up to 2021’s Reaper of Death – the Mercury’s Horned Face, or Mercuriceratops Gemini, is featured on the second Discovering Dinosaurs coin.

On the obverse, rhodium plating is featured behind the effigy of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, designed by Susanna Blunt. On the reverse, the engraving was created by Canadian Paleoartist, Julius Csotonyi, where the design features the fossilized skull of Mercuriceratops Gemini. Beneath the black rhodium plating, the engraved texture represents the rock formation in Alberta’s Dinosaur Provincial Park, where a key fossil fragment was found.

The Mercuriceratops Gemini, a relative of the more well-known Triceratops, is a recently discovered horned dinosaur species found in a rock formation in Alberta’s Dinosaur Provincial Park in Alberta, Canada. One of the first things you will notice about this ceratopsid is the bony, wing-like protrusions on its head. Believed to have lived between 83.5 to 70.6 million years ago, this herbivore is believed to have reached lengths around 20 feet and weighed around 4,500 pounds.

Engraved on this Silver coin’s reverse is the skull fossil, especially striking against the black rhodium-plated “rock” background, which pays tribute to the discovery that yielded another piece of Canada’s prehistoric past.