2012 $20 The Group of Seven Set of 7 Fine Silver Coins

  

J & M Coin and Jewellery. The case has been lacquered in black allowing for a premium finish. Inside the case, all seven artists' names are printed on the flock, below each respective coin; the inside lid features all of the individual certificates. A blustery North Ontarian landscape has been skillfully rendered in dimensional detail, including the writhing texture of the barren tree, the smooth stones of the rocky cliff, the frothing white caps of the massive lake below, and the powerful, churning sky above and beyond the lake.

Royal Canadian Mint engravers have reproduced Lismer's memorable image of the working life in a fishing village with lobster traps, weights, buoys, barrels, drying racks, fisherman, shacks and all the tools of maritime life. The image depicts Carmichael's painting. Royal Canadian Mint engravers reproduced Carmichael's memorable image of houses that rise up the rolling hillside covered in thick snow. The image depicts Harris's painting.

The Guardian of the Gorge. This coin features an adaptation of Johnston's painting. In this detail of the painting, we see massive outcroppings of granite acting as guard and gateway to a vast river canyon. The figurative becomes literal as one notices the figure of a crouching man emerge from the rock, and at the crest of the cliff (not seen here) the face of the elderly guardian watches over the vast chasm. The image is a recreation of J.

Was one of several decorative panels that the Group of Seven was commissioned to paint in the Georgian Bay cottage of Toronto ophthalmologist and art patron Dr. The coin illustrates the robust texture of MacDonald's original work, which used intense pigmentation to evoke the ruddy autumnal haze of sumacs in the fall. This coin is an engraved recreation of A. The moment in the wintry, snow-covered rolling landscape of the region is evident. Sleepy, snow-capped houses are the central image of the coin's reverse.

A single tree rises in the left portion of the foreground, while the houses are backed by a distant horizon of tall, rolling hills and evergreens. In the sky above are clouds and dramatic sun rays.

FEATURES: Produced By: RCM Denomination: 20 Dollars Year: 2013 TECHNICAL SPECS: Diameter: 38mm Material: Silver Fineness: 0.9999 Weight: 31.39 grams (each) / 219.73 grams (total) Bullion Weight: 1.008 Troy Ounces (each) / 7.057 Troy Ounces (total) EXTENDED INFORMATION: Obverse: Queen Elizabeth II Finish: Proof Series: Group of Seven Quantity Produced: 7,000 Monarch: Queen Elizabeth II. Please wait for us to send you an invoice.