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Butterflies Of Canada: Canadian Tiger Swallowtail (Silver)

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 Posted 05/16/2013  11:36 pm Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add shopaholic to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
Received my silver butterfly coin today.

At the first glance I am a bit disappointed with this coin, the print job is just so-so. The colour, although bright, is nothing I haven't seen before.

But everything changed once I put it under a spotlight. The colour on the wings, especially the blue areas, actually glitter, as if they have scales... Pretty!

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 Posted 05/17/2013  07:52 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Lostwords to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
The outer hologram box looks nice.
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 Posted 05/17/2013  09:43 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add poboxw to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
saw one at the local post office yesterday. A very nice coin indeed though I can't help feeling others in the series have the potential to look much better
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 Posted 05/17/2013  12:45 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add NorthBayGuy1977 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
I am a little disappointed with the coins print quality, almost a little pixelated but the colours are fairly lifelike. I will keep it however as I think this might make an interesting collection. I imagine this coin may be harder to find later on. Kind of like the Nuthatch in the bird series.
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 Posted 05/17/2013  12:51 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add RoyalSilver to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
the $50 cent seems like a better choice IMO...I am still waiting for that to ship
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 Posted 05/17/2013  12:53 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add NorthBayGuy1977 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
this is a picture I took last year of a tiger swallowtail butterfly...


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 Posted 05/17/2013  12:57 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add RoyalSilver to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
awesome pic!
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 Posted 05/17/2013  5:30 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add ksimms3 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
I also find the 50 cent better looking
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 Posted 05/17/2013  5:51 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add NuMoosematist to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Great photo, NorthBayGuy!

It's hard to get such a good shot of a butterfly with its wings spread wide open.
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 Posted 05/17/2013  8:21 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add cookiecutter to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
I also think the cheaper version of the butterfly is nicer to the eye. It's a bigger coin, and the flower is coloured.

I will say that the box that the 99.95 version ships in is much nicer than the cheaper version.
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 Posted 09/12/2013  8:36 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add thecurse9 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Hi,

Anyone could comment on the quality of the butterfly printing on the $20 coin vs the 0.50$ coin?
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