2017 Great Canadian Outdoors -Night Skiing

Glow-in-the-dark technology captures the night-time glow of the great Canadian outdoors! 

Canadians have a deep, enduring connection with nature that is evidenced by the many activities we enjoy outside throughout the year—summer, winter, rain or sun! This four-coin series explores a nation at play in our favourite playground, the Canadian landscape.

A celebration of the love Canadians share for the great outdoors, through some of our favourite seasonal activities! Subscribe to all four coins today!

• COMBINES FULL COLOUR OVER ENGRAVING! Each 99.99% pure silver coin in the four-coin Great Canadian Outdoors subscription combines full colour over engraving with photo-luminescent (glow-in-the-dark) technology!
• MAGNIFICENT IN DAYLIGHT AND BREATHTAKING IN THE DARK! To activate the technology, place the coin under a light source for 30 to 60 seconds then move into darkness. The entire image will still be visible in the dark, even in its capsule!
• INCLUDES SERIALIZED CERTIFICATES! The Royal Canadian Mint certifies all of its collector coins. Most of these are serialized certifications, meaning that each certificate is given a unique number, starting at 1.
• CRAFTED FROM 99.99% PURE SILVER! 
• First Coin Design:

Designed by Joel Kimmel, the first coin in your subscription combines life-like and stylized elements in this depiction of night skiing, where the view is truly breathtaking! Far from the grey, black and white that many associate with winter colours, the setting is dominated by the cool-toned hues of blue and purple cast by moonlight. The engraving itself gives the design a sense of layered dimension, with the mountain range rising up in the background. In the foreground, the brightly coloured skier carves their way down the slope and past the snow-covered evergreens, sending plumes of powder snow in the air behind them. The entire scene is further enhanced by the seamless integration of photo-luminescent (glow-in-the-dark) technology that mimics twilight; it softly illuminates the entire scene while adding a bright glow to the stars and moon overhead, the amber lights that edge the ski trails, even our skier's run.

Each of your coins are encapsulated and presented in individual Royal Canadian Mint-branded maroon clamshells with a black beauty boxes.

• Mintage15,000
• Composition99.99% pure silver
• Finishproof
• Weight (g) 23.17
• Diameter (mm) 36.07
• Edgeserrated
• Certificateserialized
• Face value15 dollars
• ArtistJoel Kimmel (reverse), Susanna Blunt (obverse)