REAPER OF DEATH Discovering Dinosaurs 1 oz Silver Coin Canada 2021

Discover a “new” Canadian Tyrannosaur on this rhodium-plated coin – order today!

This coin was depict REAPER OF DEATH- Your Dino Coin for 2021!  The imposing meat eater on this coin was identified thanks to fossil fragments found in 2008 by a local farmer and his wife while walking along the Bow River in Alberta.Calling all fossil hunters! Imagine unearthing a new dinosaur species—that’s the idea behind this coin design, where the engraved rock formation represents the thrill of discovery.

• RHODIUM PLATING! On your coin’s reverse, black rhodium plating represents the hidden or unknown past. This dark design element keeps the focus on the engraved fossils that have helped paleontologists piece together the story of prehistoric Canada.
• SCIENTIFICALLY VERIFIED! The fossil depicted on your coin has been verified for scientific accuracy by the Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology.
• FOR DINO LOVERS OF ALL AGES! Dinosaurs are a popular theme with collectors and Canadians of all ages. They’re also an important part of Canada’s natural heritage.

Unveiled in 2020, Thanatotheristes degrootorum is the first new tyrannosaur species discovered in Canada in over 50 years. This “Reaper of Death” was identified thanks to fossil fragments found along the Bow River in Alberta. Its toothy skull is depicted on the reverse of our Discovering Dinosaurs coin, where black rhodium plating highlights a fossil find that shed new light on our prehistoric past.