2023 - $20 - 1 oz. Pure Silver Glow-in-the-Dark Coin – Canada's Unexplained Phenomena: The Duncan Incident

Experience the thrill of a UFO sighting on Canada's West Coast.

Before dawn on the morning of January 1, 1970, a nurse at a hospital in Duncan, B.C., opened the curtain in a patient's room. What she saw next is depicted on this coin's colour-over-engraved reverse, where the UFO glows brighter when viewed under a black light (included).

The nurse described seeing a large saucer-shaped craft with a glass-like dome top. Inside the object, which was estimated to be 50 feet (15 metres) in diameter and illuminated from the bottom, two male-like figures clad in dark cloth appeared to be standing in front of a large panel. Absorbed by the sight, the nurse studied both the craft and its occupants, and soon noticed one of the figures slowly turning to face in her direction. The other figure then reached down to grab hold of a lever, and the tilted craft began to spin in a counter-clockwise direction. She called over another nurse to witness the hovering object just as it silently, and swiftly, moved away, though its lights were still visible to two more witnesses who joined them at the window.

SPECIFICATIONS
Product Number 208674
Mintage 6,500
Composition 99.99% pure silver with colour and black light technology
Weight 31.56 g
Dimensions 49.80 mm x 28.60 mm
Edge Plain
Face Value $20
Finish Proof
Packaging Black clamshell with black beauty box
Artist Patrick Bélanger (reverse), Susanna Blunt (obverse)