Pure Silver Coloured Coin - Wine Tasting: Celebrating Canadian Fun and Festivities - Mintage: 4,000

Late summer to early fall is harvest season, which is the perfect time to sample all the flavours Canada has to offer. And for a picture-perfect getaway, consider a vineyard tour and tasting experience! The ninth Fun & Festivities coin invites you to savour the moment at any of Canada's award-winning wineries. Whether you fancy a sip of Niagara Cab Franc, Okanagan Syrah, Quebec Ice wine or Nova Scotia's Tidal Bay variety, our different wine regions serve up the best of Canadian food, drink and scenery, year-round. Sample the best of the harvest season with this wine tasting coin! Order today! Special Features:

• FEATURES A MIX OF ENGRAVING AND COLOUR! The central image on your coin stands out thanks to the use of vibrant colours.
• STYLIZED ICONS FRAME THE REVERSE! A stylized icon represents each month's theme on your coins. Together, these engraved symbols form a frame that is the common design feature on all 12 coins in this series.
• INCLUDES SERIALIZED CERTIFICATE! The Royal Canadian Mint certifies all of its collector coins.
• 99.99% PURE SILVER COIN! NO GST/HST!

Design: Designed by Steve Hepburn, your coin steps into the heart of wine country, where the rolling hills are lined with fruit-laden grapevines. The grape clusters in the foreground hint at the bounty of the fall harvest season in Canada's many vineyards and wineries. The image is framed by stylized icons that represent popular outdoor activities and sights in Canada: (clockwise from top) Niagara Falls; a Christmas tree; a rodeo; wine tasting; dogsledding; folk music; cherry blossoms; maple syrup tasting; whale watching; tulips; coastal drives; and the aurora borealis. The obverse features the year "2019" and face value "3 DOLLARS", and the framed effigy of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II by Susanna Blunt. Did you know…

• There are more than 670 wineries across Canada—from the big vineyards of our most prominent wine regions (Ontario, British Columbia, Quebec and Nova Scotia) to small fruit farms across Canada.
• Canada's first commercial winery was founded in 1866 on our southernmost point: Pelee Island, Ontario.
• Canada is the world's largest producer of high-quality ice wine. Naturally sweet and intensely flavoured, this dessert wine is made exclusively from Canadian-grown grapes (often of the Vidal variety) that have naturally frozen on the vine. The frozen grapes are only picked when the outdoor temperature is -8°C or less, and they are immediately pressed before the fruit can thaw.

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