ROYAL CANADIAN MINT · FINITE SILVER BULLION SERIES

06 / 06

2013
Wood Bison

Galloping bison through shallow water

Reverse artist
Emily S. Damstra
Announcement / launch
1 Feb 2013
Standard
1 oz · .9999 Ag · CAD $5
2013 Wood Bison reverseREVERSE
2013 Wood Bison obverseOBVERSE
Obverse and reverse of the same standard issue.

READING THE COIN

Animal, landscape and the circular field

The final coin is also the most kinetic. A galloping wood bison breaks the waterline and closes the programme with a recovery story rather than a static emblem.

CANADA, purity and bilingual weight legends form a fixed outer ring; Emily S. Damstra's image defines issue 6 inside that shared frame.

RELEASE RECORD

Coin date is not release date

Coin date
2013
Announcement / launch
1 Feb 2013
Series position
6 / 6

MINTAGE RECORD

1,000,000

Official maximum · RCM reports the issue sold out

A final per-issue mintage has not been confirmed in the published record.

SHARED SPECIFICATION

31.11 g · 38 mm

.9999 silver, one troy ounce, reeded edge, CAD $5. Susanna Blunt's Elizabeth II portrait appears on the obverse.

SOURCES

Sources for this issue

Royal Canadian Mint release notices give the announcement date, series position and animal subject; the linked APMEX record preserves identifying standard-issue photography.

  1. Royal Canadian Mint · 2011 Silver Wildlife SeriesAccessed 22 Aug 2026
  2. Issue source · Wood BisonAccessed 22 Aug 2026
  3. APMEX · 2013 Wood BisonAccessed 22 Aug 2026