Fine Silver Coin – The Sundial

Fine Silver Coin – The Su...

$159.95 CAD
SOLD OUT

Fine Silver Coin – The Sundial

Silver 2025 Mintage 5,000
SOLD OUT

Fine Silver Coin – The Sundial

Silver 2025 Mintage 5,000
$159.95 CAD
Masters Club: 1,600 Status: CAN & US shipping only
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Specifications

Product Number 248108
Mintage 5,000
Composition 99.99% pure silver, cast embellishment: rhodium-plated brass gnomon
Weight 31.39 g
Diameter 38 mm
Edge Serrated
Face Value $20
Finish Proof
Packaging Black clamshell with black beauty box
Artist Anna Bucciarelli (reverse), Steven Rosati (obverse)

Design & Artist

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Anna Bucciarelli, Artist

This has been, hands down, my favourite design challenge yet! There’s a lot of circular symmetry to be found here: some of the organic details are emanating from the sunflower representation of the sun, which supports the ornate gnomon, while others convey a more spiral-like movement that echoes the passage of time.

Anna Bucciarelli, Artist

Melanie Luis, Product Manager

This was definitely a fun project to work on! The fact that it’s a functioning sundial should make it very appealing to collectors looking for something unique.

Melanie Luis, Product Manager

David M. F. Chapman, Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada

A sundial is capable of marking the passage of time within a few minutes if designed with precision, taking into account the observer’s geographic location and the time of year. The sundial collectible project was an artistic, technical, and fabrication challenge—I congratulate the Royal Canadian Mint for creating this beautiful piece that demonstrates the essential function of a sundial in the Canadian context. Telling time by the movement of the Sun reveals the connection between the earth and the sky as first perceived by early humanity, our ancestors. It was my pleasure to advise on this unique project.

David M. F. Chapman, Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada

Louis-Remi Labelle, 3D Artist - Engraver

The artist was very generous with her artwork and included variations of shading that helped me interpret the volumes and heights I needed to create. I could clearly discern which elements were raised and which ones were lower, and that’s important because ultimately, I had to build in enough height to ensure the details would survive the process—sculpting is one thing, but when creating the tooling, there’s always a bit of a loss factor. This design is a very intricate one, with lots of elements that required either stronger or lighter frostings, or a combination of both, to strike the right balance in terms of visual contrast – for example, the foliage in the centre is one type of frosting, and the background is another, so you can truly differentiate between the layers. And whenever an embellishment is involved, a lot of discussions take place between the engraver and the product engineer – we’re always working in tandem to ensure the different parts of the design fit properly so that they’ll come together beautifully and seamlessly, as seen here.

Louis-Remi Labelle, 3D Artist - Engraver

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