New from the Royal Canadian Mint is its 2014 $100 Bighorn Sheep Silver Coin, the latest release from the popular Wildlife in Motion series which features one ounce, 99.99% pure silver coins sold at their legal tender face values of $100.

These coins are viewed as a premium option to the Royal Canadian Mint’s $20 for $20 program which has proven extremely successful. This older program with much higher per-coin mintages has seen 13 coins issued to date, with all but the 2014-dated coins selling out. The most recent 2014 $20 Summertime silver coin launched in late May. The previous 2014 $20 Bobcat silver coin is at 91% sales and the first 2014 $20 Canadian Goose silver coin is at 99% of sales.

Previous coins in the series include:

• 2013 $100 Bison silver coin, debuting in May 2013
• 2014 $100 Grizzly silver coin, launching in September 2013
• 2014 $100 Bald Eagle silver coin, debuting in January 2014

Designed by Canadian artist Claudio D’Angelo, the $100 for $100 Bighorn Sheep Silver Coin has an action scene depicting two Bighorn Sheep as they are about to engage. The background offers a mountainous Canadian landscape. Inscriptions around the scene read: CANADA, 2014, 100 DOLLARS and the artist’s initials. This Royal Canadian Mint clip shows the coin as it rotates.

Obverses bear a portrait of Queen Elizabeth II by Susanna Blunt and have inscriptions of ELIZABETH II and D G REGINA.