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2023 Canada $20 Sparkle of the Heart Fine Silver Coin
The spring-blooming tulip symbolizes perfect love on any occasion, but that meaning is amplified on this Sparkle of the Heart coin, where rows upon rows of tulips surround a perfectly cut Canadian Fire and Ice™ diamond set in a Dancing Diamond™ mount. Like a burst of sunshine, yellow gold plating highlights select elements, including the tulips closest to the sparkling centrepiece, which flutters and flashes its irresistible sparkle at the slightest movement—an effect that will captivate time and time again. It's a flawless expression of pure devotion and unconditional love, one that endures all and stands the test of time.
Some of the most spectacular tulip displays can be found each May in the National Capital Region (Ottawa-Gatineau), where the Canadian Tulip Festival attracts hundreds of thousands of visitors annually. Since 1953, the festival celebrates a historic gift of tulips that have come to symbolize the enduring friendship between Canada and the Netherlands. After the Second World War, the Dutch royal family sent 100,000 tulip bulbs to Ottawa in gratitude for Canada’s role in the Liberation of the Netherlands, and for having sheltered the future Queen Juliana and her family—including Princess Margriet, who was born in Ottawa in 1943 and attended the festival in 2022—during the war. That initial royal gift became an annual tradition, and today, over a million colourful tulips bloom in flowers beds and parks across Ottawa.
Enhanced with selective gold plating, your coin’s reverse features an engraved floral design by Canadian artist Anna Bucciarelli. Depicted in various stages of bloom, the stylized tulips and the foliage that form each heart shape are arranged in a circle to represent never-ending love. At the centre of the coin, a Canadian Fire and Ice™ diamond is set in a tulip-themed Dancing Diamond™ mount fashioned by Canadian-owned and operated Beverly Hills Jewellers. The selectively gold-plated 3D diamond cage features an oval-shaped opening that provides a view of the precious stone and its every movement. The engraved floral arrangement repeats on the coin’s obverse, which features the effigy of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II by Susanna Blunt, along with the text “CANADA”, a face value of “20 DOLLARS” and the year “2023”.
Specifications:
Item Number: 206983
Mintage: 925
Composition: 99.99% pure silver with selective gold plating
Weight: 20.86 g
Diameter: 36 mm
Face Value: $20
Finish: Proof
Edge: Serrated
Artist: Anna Bucciarelli (reverse), Susanna Blunt (obverse)
Special Features:
• The Fifth coin and last to feature a floral design! Crafted in 99.99% pure silver, each Sparkle of the Heart coin features a Dancing Diamond™ centrepiece that dances and emits an exquisite sparkle with every movement of the coin. This fifth coin will be the last to feature a floral design.
• A Canadian diamond! The precious stone on the coin is a genuine Canadian Fire and Ice™ diamond, which has been precisely cut and mounted to maximize its brilliance—its movement and sparkle will dazzle you every time!
• Intricate Metalwork! The Canadian Fire and Ice™ diamond is set in a Dancing Diamond™ mount and housed in a highly intricate, tulip-themed 3D diamond cage fashioned by Canadian-owned and operated Beverly Hills Jewellers.
• Gold Plating! Select design elements, including the top row of tulips on the 3D diamond cage, have been plated with yellow gold for a bold colour contrast and a sun-like, golden radiance.
• The gift of tulips! Each May, millions of tulips bloom in Ottawa, where a historic gift of tulips came to symbolize international friendship. These tulips of thanks inspired the Royal Canadian Mint’s fifth Sparkle of the Heart coin, which features a jewellery-like take on the spring blooms that form a powerful expression of gratitude and love.
• A pure expression of love! Celebrate the person who adds a special sparkle to your life! This is the perfect gift to celebrate that special someone and/or commemorate a special occasion, whether it’s a birthday, anniversary or a milestone achievement. Or treat yourself to a little sparkle and add this jewellery-like collectible to your collection—designed to impress, it is a special keepsake that you’ll treasure for years to come.
Packaging:
Ready for giving, the coin comes packaged in a black Royal Canadian Mint-branded clamshell and a black beauty box. It is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity for the coin, and a separate certificate certifying your diamond’s authenticity.
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