2024 - Specimen Set – Northern Leopard Frog

This is the story of a leap towards recovery

The loss of even a small species can have big consequences for its surroundings, and so it is with the northern leopard frog—as an indicator species, its wellbeing speaks volumes about the health of wetland ecosystems.

Depicted on the 2024 Specimen Dollar, the northern leopard frog was once widespread, but in Western Canada, populations have been in sharp decline due to disease, habitat loss and degradation, and the introduction of invasive species. The Rocky Mountain population in British Columbia has been designated “endangered” by the Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada (COSEWIC) but there's some good news: the B.C. Northern Leopard Frog Recovery Team are working to prevent this amphibian's local extinction. As part of this team, the Wilder Institute supports head-starting efforts, a conservation breeding program and wild-to-wild translocations. Together with their partners, the Wilder Institute is giving northern leopard frog populations a much needed helping hand and a shot at bouncing back.

SPECIFICATIONS
Product Number
245915
Mintage
30,000
Finish
Specimen
Packaging
Book-style packaging with removable lens
Series
Set

1 dollar
Composition Three-ply brass plated steel
Weight 6.27 g
Diameter 26.5 mm
Edge Plain
Artist Julius Csotonyi (reverse), Steven Rosati (obverse)

2 dollars
Composition Outer ring: Nickel-plated steel, Inner core: Three-ply brass finish plated aluminum bronze
Weight 6.99 g
Diameter 28.03 mm
Edge Interrupted serrations
Artist Brent Townsend (reverse), Steven Rosati (obverse)

50 cents
Composition Three-ply nickel finish plated steel
Weight 6.9 g
Diameter 27.13 mm
Edge Reeded
Artist Cathy Bursey-Sabourin (reverse), Steven Rosati (obverse)

25 cents
Composition Three-ply nickel finish plated steel
Weight 4.44 g
Diameter 23.88 mm
Edge Reeded
Artist Emanuel Hahn (reverse), Steven Rosati (obverse)

10 cents
Composition Three-ply nickel finish plated steel
Weight 1.75 g
Diameter 18.06 mm
Edge Reeded
Artist Emanuel Hahn (reverse), Steven Rosati (obverse)

5 cents
Composition Three-ply nickel finish plated steel
Weight 3.95 g
Diameter 21.2 mm
Edge Plain
Artist G. E. Kruger Gray (reverse), Steven Rosati (obverse)