2011 50c The Canadian Boreal Forest - Pure Gold Coin

This 2011 1/25th ounce gold coin features the Boreal Forest - a vast woodland that circumvents the globe across the Northern Hemisphere. It is home to thousands of species of flora and fauna—a critical source of life-giving oxygen and a major filter for absorbing carbon dioxide. In fact, Canada's boreal forest stores more carbon than any other terrestrial ecosystem on earth. Mintage 2,500. HST/GST exempt.

The Design: 

First Nation’s artist Corrine Hunt has brought her distinctive vision of traditional Kwakwaka’wakw and Tlingit forms to create this special-edition collectibles.