2020 1/4 oz Canadian Dragon Gold Coin

Description

2020 1/4 oz Canadian Dragon Gold Coin

In Chinese artistic traditions, dragons are portrayed quite differently from their Western counterparts. Chinese dragons (lóng) typically appear as serpentine creatures with four legs, without wings, and with distinctively scaled bodies that combine features of various animals. The Royal Canadian Mint celebrates the beauty and power of the Chinese dragon in its Canadian Dragon Series. Right now, 2020 1/4 oz Canadian Dragon Gold Coins are available.

Coin Highlights:

• Arrives in protective plastic!
• 4th issue of the Canadian Dragon!
• Reverse-proof visuals!
• Unlimited mintage!
• Contains 1/4 Troy oz of .9999 pure gold.
• Bears a face value of $10 (CAD) backed by the federal government of Canada.
• The obverse features Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.
• On the reverse is a coiled Chinese dragon in the figure-8 pose.

Each of the 2020 1/4 oz Canadian Dragon Gold Coins offered here comes with protective plastic for delivery. These coins boast reverse-proof visuals on the dragon design field, delivering a frosted background with a mirrored finish on the dragon. This series ran from 2017 to 2023 at the Royal Canadian Mint.

The body of Chinese dragons are traditionally depicted with nine animal resemblances: the head of a camel, horns of a deer, eyes of a rabbit, ears of a cow, neck of a snake, belly of a clam, scales of a carp, claws of an eagle, and paws of a tiger. In classical artwork, they are often shown chasing or playing with a flaming pearl, which represents wisdom, prosperity, or the moon.

The obverse of 2020 Canadian Dragon Gold Coins comes with an effigy of Queen Elizabeth II. This fourth-generation portrait of Elizabeth II is a right-profile relief that was created in 2003 by Susanna Blunt. This was one of the few portraits of Her Majesty’s reign to lack a crown and was just the second Canadian coin design to have been created by a Canadian artist.

On the reverse of 2020 1/4 oz Dragon Gold Coins, you’ll find the coiled body of a Chinese dragon in the shape of an 8. Dragons hold unparalleled significance in Chinese culture as symbols of power, strength, and good fortune. Unlike the malevolent portrayal in Western mythology, Chinese dragons represent benevolent forces associated with water, rainfall, typhoons, and bodies of water.