Moon phases - Puzzle Coin...

$1,695.95 CAD
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Moon phases - Puzzle Coin Set (2025)

Silver 2025 Mintage 1,100
NEW

Moon phases - Puzzle Coin Set (2025)

Silver 2025 Mintage 1,100
$1,695.95 CAD
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Specifications

Product Number 250338
Mintage 1,100
Composition 99.99% pure silver with selective black rhodium plating
Weight 297 g
Edge Centre: Plain; Puzzle Shaped: Interrupted Serrations
Face Value Various
Finish Modified Reverse Proof
Packaging Wood case
Artist Caitlin Lindstrom-Milne (reverse), Steven Rosati (obverse)

Design & Artist

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Caitlin Lindstrom-Milne, Artist

I had a lot of fun designing this particular coin, and through researching the theme, I got to learn how different animals react to the Lunar cycle. I thought it would be nice to feature a mix of animals that reside in water, land and sky, but the size constraints proved challenging: trying to fit seven animals into one cohesive illustration required some trial and error, and I ended up taking some artistic liberties in terms of their sizes in relation to each other. Still, precise placement and consistency are important when designing a puzzle coin set – for example, we had to make sure the Moon was not only the same design on each piece, but also in the exact same place. It took a lot of teamwork to get it all just right!

Caitlin Lindstrom-Milne, Artist

Alicia Cook Sapene, Product Manager

The 2025 Puzzle Coin set has been one of the most challenging and rewarding projects I’ve worked on so far. There were a lot of challenges to overcome when applying black rhodium plating to an irregular coin shape for the first time, but we wanted to get it right because it elevates the beauty of the design and is essential to the storytelling. Thinking creatively and working in close collaboration with the artist, our team of engravers and engineers played a pivotal role in bringing this concept to life. My hope is that the many hours of work that went into this project translate into a collectible piece that will be cherished for generations.

Alicia Cook Sapene, Product Manager

Matt Bowen, Engraver (centre piece)

This was a cool project to work on thanks to the variety of animals and my close collaboration with a fellow engraver. Between the Moon, landscape and animal fur, there is tons of texture on the centre coin. The animals were first treated as if they were bald, because we had to get the musculature correct; only then did we place the fur on top. But I think the grass field took me the longest, and lots of patience was required – the first level alone contains over 90 individual blades, with many crossing over each other, and these all had to be done separately.

Matt Bowen, Engraver (centre piece)

Samantha Strath, 3D Artist-Engraver (outer piece)

The rhodium plating didn’t affect my engraving, though it did complicate our frosting decisions: we created test coins and divided them into quadrants, each with a different frosting; we then plated half of each quadrant to see what those frostings looked like under the black rhodium before deciding on what to use. The real challenge was the amount of detail and overlapping layers in the outer piece, given the piece’s unique shape. Sculpting that much detail, with so many overlapping elements and the animals looking at us head-on, was a challenge – not to mention working with extreme caution on the master tooling to ensure none of that detail got lost. But it’s what I enjoy about the process, and seeing the final coin after so much delicate work is quite the reward.

Samantha Strath, 3D Artist-Engraver (outer piece)

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