In a big launch early last year, we showed off the first in a new series from the Royal Canadian Mint called ‘Creatures of the North: The Kraken’. After an extended, no doubt Covid led delay, the second coin is about to ship. This time we’re out of the sea and into the woods with the legendary Werewolf.

The style of the coin is very much like the Kraken, with an in-your-face portrayal of the mutt-man by Gerald Gloade. There’s a large rim and border, which does detract a little, but it’s a good-looking coin very much in the RCM style.

An unlimited mintage two-ounce 0.9999 silver coin, it has the usual Susanna Blunt effigy of Queen Elizabeth II on the obverse, and the mints security features like the micro-laser engraved 21 Maple privy mark to make like harder for the counterfeiters. A nice release and something a bit dfferent from them. Available now, they can be bought individually, in tubes of 14, or boxes of 280.

LINKS: FIRST COIN IN THE SERIES