# 918 - Canadian Wildlife - Part 22

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 twenty-second is a 2013 CAD $20 "Wolf".

It weights 7.96g with silver purity of 99.99% and Specimen finish. The mintage was 248,779 units. The issue price was CAD $20.

The life cycle of the wolf (Canis lupus) is intrinsically woven with the cycles of the wilderness, its populations ebbing and flowing with those of its prey, thriving and languishing throughout the countless millennia of its life on this continent. The wolf’s power and mystery, combined with the warm familiarity of its reliance on community, embody the sharp contrasts of life in Canada.

The reverse image, designed by Canadian artist Glen Loates and engraved by Eric Boyer, depicts in dimensional relief a wolf that seems to lope toward the viewer. The large canine’s riveting eyes focus daringly on the viewer, its fore-paws bent back to meet its hind feet and large head lowered in the animal’s characteristic running gait. The wolf’s thick fur, pointed ears and short, square muzzle are engraved with stunning realism. Its dense, bushy tail swings out behind it. Its sharp claws help it gain traction on the surface upon which it maneuvers with exceptional agility.

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