2016-10-17 Mon

The Royal Canadian Mint released a new coin under the series of $100 for $100 silver coins. It features an elk in its natural habitat of mountains and flowing water. The 99.99% pure silver 31.83 grams coin will be sold for its face value $100 as usual.

Elk is a common European name for moose and these animals were named so since the early European explorers found them to be similar to moose. Male elk have large antlers which shed every year. They conduct in mating behaviours like posturing, antler wrestling and bugling to attract females.

Earlier coins released in the series include:

2013 $100 Bison silver coin, debuting in May 2013

2014 $100 Grizzly silver coin, released in September 2013

2014 $100 Bald Eagle silver coin, debuted in January 2014

2014 $100 Bighorn Sheep silver coin, issued in June 2014

2015 $100 Horse silver coin, first appearing in February 2015

2015 $100 Muskox silver coin, launched in July 2015

2016 $100 Cougar silver coin, appearing in September 2015

2016 $100 Orca silver coin, released in April 2016

The latest elk coins have a mintage limit of 30,000. Other inscriptions on the reverse include CANADA, 2016, 100 DOLLARS and GL for the artist Glen Loates’s initials. Obverses feature the common portrait of Queen Elizabeth II with the inscriptions ELIZABETH II and D G REGINA.