# 990 - Canadian Wildlife - Part 58

The info below comes from the Royal Canadian Mint's COA (Certificate of Authenticity) of this coin or from the book Canadian Collector Coins, vol 2, 8th Edition, by M. Drake or https://en.numista.com/ , or https://www.wikipedia.org/.

Continuing the "Canada Wildlife" series.

The Royal Canadian Mint is known by its high quality work and the enormous number of commemorative coins issued each year. Among these commemoratives we find many, individual or in series, under the theme "wildlife".

Canada, with its vast lands and seas, is the home of a varied fauna and that will be showed in this series.

The fifty eighth coin is a 2017 CAD $5 "Lynx".

This coin weights 31.1g (1oz) with 99.99% silver purity and Bullion finish. Its mintage was 50,000 units and the issue price was BV (Bullion Value). It is the second coin in the Bullion Predators series.

The Canada lynx (Lynx canadensis) is a medium-sized North American wildcat that ranges across Alaska, Canada and many of the contiguous United States. It is characterized by its long, dense fur, triangular ears with black tufts at the tips, and broad, snowshoe-like paws.

Designed by Canadian artist Emily Damstra and engraved by Susan Taylor, the reverse features an adult lynx jumping.

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