Royal Canadian Mint · 2015

Across the Prairie

The opening design gives the animal room to move, using prairie distance as part of its identity.

Design years: 2015
Exact representative issue: 2015
Artist: Claudio D’Angelo, attributed through signature and specialist catalogues
Format: 1¼ oz · .9999 · $8 CAD

Obverse and reverse are the same dated issue and are shown complete.

Design reading

The bison advances from right to left across low grass. Distant landforms, a broad sky and generous empty field make this the most landscape-led composition in the sequence. The small figure does not diminish the animal; it describes scale.

Shared specifications

Metal: .9999 fine silver
Weight: 1¼ troy oz
Face value: 8 Canadian dollars
Edge: Serrated
Finish: Bullion
Mint: Royal Canadian Mint

Security

Radial lines are visible on the exact coin. The retrieved record does not establish a dated micro-leaf for 2015.

Mintage

Published totals conflict with no-fixed-mintage descriptions, so no single 2015 production number is accepted here.

Bison context

The open horizon lets the bison read as a moving prairie animal rather than an isolated emblem.

Selected sources

Primary Mint records lead the factual record; specialist catalogues are used where they add dated or visual evidence.