Celebrate the untamed beauty of the North with the 2006 Canadian Specimen Collector Set, featuring the majestic snowy owl on a limited-edition one-dollar coin. The finish on these superb coins is a three-fold combination of brilliant and frosted relief on a lined finish background. The elegant book-style packaging, with removable lens, splendidly complements these fine coins. 


As the largest bird species in the Arctic and one of North America’s most breathtaking raptors, the snowy owl's brilliant white plumage perfectly captures the splendour of winter. Home to many snowy owls, Quebec officially adopted it as the province's avian emblem in 1987. While these spectacular birds breed high above the treeline on the remote Arctic tundra, they occasionally migrate south during the winter months in search of food, making a rare sighting of them an unforgettable treat.
Fortunately, the snowy owl’s preference for these far-northern regions has shielded its nesting grounds from human development.