2015 $50 for $50 Beaver Commemorative

Part of the Silver $50 for $50 Series

Design: The dynamic design by noted Canadian wildlife artist Emily Damstra captures a beaver from a unique and dramatic perspective. The top half of the image shows the beaver swimming across a lake, its head and tail raised above the water. Its tail sprays water as the beaver raises it in order to slap the lake surface and warn other beavers of a nearby wolf. The wolf, on the left side of the image, stands with its forepaws on a boulder that juts out into the water, its gaze fixed on the fleeing beaver.