CANADA
2010
The Blue Whale Coin And Stamps Set
$10 Sterling Silver Coin And 2 Postale $10 Dollar Blue Whale
Specification:
RCM Number: 111991
Face Value: 10 dollars
Mintage: 10,000
Composition: 92.5% Sterling Silver / 7.5% Copper
Silver Content: 25.70g / 0.826tr oz
Weight: 27.78 g
Diameter: 40 mm
Edge: Reeded
Finish: Proof
Artist: Suzanne Taylor,Suzanne Blunt(Obverse) Pierre Leduc,Stan Witten (Reverse)
Imagine coming face to face with a creature that's almost the lenght of two city buses with a heed roughly the size of a couple of small family sedans and an appetite that demands millions of tiny krill each day
The largest creature to make earth its home The Blue Whale is majestically recreated on the largest and highest denomination $10 stamp ever produced by Royal Canadian Mint
Big Speeds For a Big Whale
Blue whales tend to be loners, swimming alone or in pairs, but occasionality they travel in small groups
When feeding they swim at a leisurely 3-6 KM/Hour but can speeds of 35-40 KM/Hour if pursued. making then one of the fastest whale species. Found in all oceans of the world, closer to home they roam the waters along the north shore of the Gulf of ST. Lawrence and the south coast of Newfoundland and in the Davis Strait between baffi Island and Greenland. Pacific populations are located off Canada's west coast
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