RIVER RAPIDS Algonquin Provincial Park Silver Coin 20$ Canada 2014

This $20 engraved and painted coin is 99.99% pure silver, with a diameter of 38 millimetres and a metal weight of 31.39 grams. The reverse design by Canadian artist Robert Ross features an original painting of a set of rapids on the Madawaska River in the southern portion of Algonquin Provincial Park, Ontario. Captured in stunning colour atop an engraved surface, the image depicts a view of the Madawaska from the Track and Tower trail near Cache Lake. The composition centres on churning rapids that splash and froth as they overtake the massive red-mauve granite outcroppings of the Park's bedrock. On the left and right sides of the image, and in the distant background at the top of the image, vast pines rise high into the bright blue sky, mixing with the crimson-tinged autumn foliage of deciduous trees and brush. The fiery orange of the fall trees is captured in reflection on the surface of the river in the lower portion of the image. The reverse is engraved with the word "CANADA," the date "2014" and the face value of "20 DOLLARS." The obverse features the effigy of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II by Susanna Blunt.