2021 - 6-Coin Specimen Set - Blanding's Turtle

This year's specimen set continues the Endangered Species theme introduced in 2020. Home to more than 600 types of plants and animals considered to be at risk, Canada has a responsibility to protect rapidly vanishing species like the Blanding's turtle, which is featured on the 2021 Specimen Set's exclusive dollar coin. This long-lived (80 years) species has suffered a dramatic population decline. And given its late maturation (14-25 years), even the smallest increase in adult mortality pushes it closer to extinction. But there is some good news: nest protection and head-starting programs, like the one established by the Toronto Zoo and its partners, are part of ongoing efforts to give this "smiling" turtle a more certain future in Canada.

Specifications
No. 179525

1 dollar - specimen finish (2021)
Composition three-ply brass finish plated steel
Finish specimen
Weight (g) 6.27
Diameter (mm) 26.5
Edge plain
Artist Pierre Girard (reverse), Susanna Blunt (obverse)

2 dollars - specimen finish (2021)
Composition outer ring: nickel-plated steel - inner core: three-ply brass finish plated aluminum bronze
Finish specimen
Weight (g) 6.99
Diameter (mm) 28.03
Edge interrupted serrations
Artist Brent Townsend (reverse), Susanna Blunt (obverse)

50 cents - specimen finish (2021)
Composition nickel-plated steel
Finish specimen
Weight (g) 6.9
Diameter (mm) 27.13
Edge reeded
Artist Cathy Bursey-Sabourin (reverse), Susanna Blunt (obverse)

25 cents - specimen finish (2021)
Composition nickel-plated steel
Finish specimen
Weight (g) 4.44
Diameter (mm) 23.88
Edge reeded
Artist Emanuel Hahn (reverse), Susanna Blunt (obverse)

10 cents - specimen finish (2021)
Composition nickel-plated steel
Finish specimen
Weight (g) 1.75
Diameter (mm) 18.06
Edge reeded
Artist Emanuel Hahn (reverse), Susanna Blunt (obverse)

5 cents - specimen finish (2021)
Composition nickel-plated steel
Finish specimen
Weight (g) 3.95
Diameter (mm) 21.2
Edge plain
Artist G.E. Kruger Gray (reverse), Susanna Blunt (obverse)