CANADA
2022
Black and Gold The Sea Otter
$20 Fine Silver Coin
Specification:
RCM Number: 203516
Face Value: 20 dollars
Mintage: 5,500
Composition: 99.99% pure silver, with yellow gold and black rhodium plating
Weight: 31.39 g
Diameter: 38.0 mm
Edge: Serrated
Finish: Matte Proof
Artist: Claude Thivierge (reverse) , Susanna Blunt (obverse)
Sea otters love to float on their backs while resting and eating! They’ll hold hands or wrap themselves in kelp to keep from drifting away while sleeping.
Without sea otters, herds of sea urchins are known to destroy kelp forests at a rate of 9 metres per month. Kelp forests provide a critical habitat for over 150 different species and ample prey for the sea otter, which needs to eat about 25 percent of its body weight daily. But its recovery on the B.C. coast has had some unintended consequences, too: its voracious appetite has negatively impacted Indigenous coastal communities and fishers who have traditionally relied on shellfish harvesting.
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