# 950 - Canadian Wildlife - Part 38

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Today we will continue the series called "Canadian Wildlife".

The Royal Canadian Mint is known by its high quality work and the enormous number of commemorative coins issued each year. Among these commemoratives we find many, individual or in series, under the theme "wildlife".

Canada, with its vast lands and seas, is the home of a varied fauna and that will be showed in this series.

I will try to post land animals, sea animals and birds, in that order.

The thirty eighth is a 2004 CAD $4 "Arctic Fox".

In 2004 the Royal Canadian Mint issued a set of four coins featuring wildlife designs that were originally created for platinum proof coins. It showed the "Arctic Fox" in four different sizes. This is the second.

It weights 15.55g with silver purity of 99.9% and Proof finish, with Frosted relief against a mirror background. The mintage was 14,566 units. The issue price of the set was CAD $89.95.

The Arctic fox (Vulpes lagopus), also known as the white fox, polar fox, or snow fox, is a small fox native to the Arctic regions of the Northern Hemisphere and common throughout the Arctic tundra biome. It is well adapted to living in cold environments, and is best known for its thick, warm fur that is also used as camouflage.

Designed by Canadian artist Claude D'Angelo, the reverse features a lone fox, looking for food.

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I wonder if the artic fox is as bid as the other foxes!

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I am sorry for my poor English, but I did not understand what you meant when you said: "the arctic fox is as bid as the other foxes"...:=(

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A beautiful animal @ronavel, the thick fir is much needed !
I believe their fur turns white in the winter for survival...

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If only we could be so incognito at times! Take care my friend and thanks for sharing a really beautiful coin.

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I would not like to be an arctic fox, always hunting for food in the snow...

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I would think that would be difficult. I guess it would also depend on the geographical area they were specifically in.

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