2025 Canada $20 Colourful Birds: Baltimore Oriole Fine Silver Coin (No Tax)

2025 Canada $20 Colourful Birds: Baltimore Oriole Fine Silver Coin (No Tax)

Add the oriole to your flock of Colourful Birds. Order today!

If the Baltimore oriole’s happy whistling song doesn’t catch your attention in nature, its fiery orange plumage certainly will. A spring and summer resident of southern Canada, this energetic bird loves to perch high among the treetops in open woodland or along waterways, as illustrated on this selectively coloured coin, where the male’s bold colours contrast beautifully with the more delicate hues of a flowering dogwood. Fifth coin in this bird-themed series.

Forget bird seed: the Baltimore oriole eats insects and famously has a sweet “tooth,” with fruits, berries and flower nectar providing the kind of high-energy foods needed to fuel migration. Its pendant nest is also unique; constructed from woven natural and man-made fibres, the pouch-like sack dangles from branches and can cradle up to seven eggs.

The reverse design by Canadian artist Tony Bianco is a springtime scene set in a rural area in southern Canada, where a small bridge lies over a meandering brook that winds past weathered barns in the engraved background. The selectively coloured portion of the design re-creates the striking colours of a male Baltimore oriole (Icterus galbula) among the cream-coloured blooms of a flowering dogwood (Cornus florida). The obverse features the effigy of His Majesty King Charles III by Canadian artist Steven Rosati.

Specifications:
RCM Number: 250190
Mintage: 7,500
Composition: 99.99% pure silver with selective colour
Weight: 31.39 g
Diameter: 38 mm
Face Value: $20
Finish: Proof
Edge: Serrated
Artist: Tony Bianco (reverse), Steven Rosati (obverse)

Special Features:

• Coin #5. Each coin in the Colourful Birds series highlights Mother Nature’s contrasting colours throughout the seasons, as seen on 2021’s Blue Jay, 2022’s Cedar Waxwing, 2023’s Northern Cardinal, 2024’s American Goldfinch, and now, 2025’s Baltimore Oriole. Collect them all!
• Selective colour. By highlighting the bird and its flowering perch, the focus is kept solely on nature’s dazzling colours.
• Immersive view. Get up close to the Baltimore oriole! The positioning of the bird in the foreground creates the illusion that the viewer is perched in the dogwood tree and hidden among the flowers alongside the oriole.
• Fine silver. This coin is crafted in 1 oz. of 99.99% pure silver.
• A popular theme. A thoughtful gift for any bird lovers, and a gorgeous addition to your nature-themed collection.
• Limited supply. Mintage is limited to 7,500 coins worldwide.

Packaging
The coin is encapsulated and presented in a black Royal Canadian Mint-branded clamshell with a black beauty box.