$160 · 2013 Holiday Season Silver Coin -Venetian Glass Candy Cane

Features a Venetian glass candy cane handcrafted in Murano, Italy This exceptionally beautiful coin is the first coin in a series featuring an engraved and painted festive design with a one-of-a-kind, hand-crafted Venetian holiday element created by Cortella & Ballarin s.n.c, a master glassmaker in Murano, Italy. All previous Murano coins have sold out quickly. Order yours today! Special features: * Your coin's Venetian glass candy cane was handcrafted by a master glass-maker in Murano, Italy. Murano glass is prized around the world for its clear, vibrant colours. * This is the fourth coin in a series of our world-renowned coins featuring one-of-a-kind Venetian glass embellishments on beautifully engraved and painted festive design. * The design on your coin is finely engraved and meticulously presented in a beautiful proof finish (frosted raised elements on a mirror background). * Your coin is a unique and beautiful gift to celebrate the holiday season. * Your coin is rendered in fine silver (99.99% pure) and is GST/HST exempt. Design: Designed by Canadian artist Maurice Gervais, your coin features a collection of holiday symbols, including a cluster of poinsettia leaves beneath a decorative ornament, a five-pointed star and a red, white and green glass candy. Packaging: Your coin is encapsulated and presented in a Royal Canadian Mint-branded maroon clamshell case lined with a black flock and protected by a black sleeve. Specifications *Mintage10000 *Composition: fine silver (99.99% pure) *Finish: proof (with colour and Venetian glass candy cane on the reverse) *Weight (g) 31.39 *Diameter (mm)38 *Edge: serrated *Certificate: serialized *Face value20 dollars *Artist: Maurice Gervais (coin), Cortella & Ballarin s.n.c. (candy cane) (reverse), Susanna Blunt (obverse) Please see my other listings.