The Royal Canadian Mint香蕉视频直播檚 first coin in its new sterling silver This Is Canada series should look very familiar to people in the B.C. coast.

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Campbell River artist Glen Green was chosen to create the image on the first coin of the series香蕉视频直播� Wondrous Waters theme. The theme is depicted in a four-part exploration of the waters that surround Canada and begins with the Pacific Ocean.

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The includes three other coastal regions: Arctic Coast, Atlantic Coast and the Great Lakes. They are all designed by artists from the regions, are 99.9 per cent silver, have a face value of $20 and sell for $104.95.

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An artist from each of the regions depicted was chosen but Green explains that you have to compete for the commission by submitting proposed images.

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Green is familiar with working for the mint, he has done a number of commissions over the years, going back to 2007 when he was first contacted to contribute to a series of coins commemorating the 2010 Vancouver Olympics.

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When the Royal Canadian Mint contacted him back then, Green didn香蕉视频直播檛 know how he had became known to them. It turned out that somebody else was doing work for the mint at the time and they asked him about other artists.

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Once he did the Olympic coins, which were a series of quarters, Green was now on a list of their go-to artists and has been doing coins ever since. You香蕉视频直播檝e probably had some of his coins in your pockets.

Besides the Olympic coins, he did a series for the mint on a Canadian federation and travel theme depicting modes of transportation like a boat, trains and a plane. He likes to point out his de Havilland Beaver floatplane image the mint used because it香蕉视频直播檚 an image strongly connected to Campbell River with its history of floatplane travel and the restored floatplane on display on Highway 19 as it enters the city.

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Again, you香蕉视频直播檝e probably seen the coin many times.

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And while the mint work is a 香蕉视频直播済ood gig,香蕉视频直播� he, sadly, doesn香蕉视频直播檛 get paid for every coin his image is on.

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Green has made a living with his art on coins, Bradley Exchange plates and in paintings of . He香蕉视频直播檚 painted Gordie Howe, Wayne Gretzky, Rocket Richard, Jean Belliveau, Michael Jordan and Mark McGwire, among many others. Last year he did a painting of Carolina Hurricanes former-captain, now-coach and Campbell River product Rod Brind香蕉视频直播橝mour which was auctioned at the which is a fundraiser for cystic fibrosis research and which Brind香蕉视频直播橝mour has supported since it香蕉视频直播檚 inception 26 years ago.

Born and raised in North Vancouver, Green moved to Campbell River seven years ago but has been passing through the area since he was 15 when his parents bought a recreational property on Cortes Island, which he now co-owns.

When he produced an image for the mint to consider for its This Is Canada series, he got compliments on its accuracy. He shrugs them off saying it香蕉视频直播檚 where he lives.

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The image on the coin depicts a pod of orca that includes a calf and, again, he impressed experts the mint brought in to vet the image, like they do.

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