{"id":818058,"date":"2026-07-22T06:51:30","date_gmt":"2026-07-22T06:51:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/818058\/"},"modified":"2026-07-22T06:51:30","modified_gmt":"2026-07-22T06:51:30","slug":"canadas-new-dinosaur-coin-is-giving-major-jurassic-park-vibes-daily-hive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/818058\/","title":{"rendered":"Canada&#8217;s new dinosaur coin is giving major &#8216;Jurassic Park&#8217; vibes | Daily Hive"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Canada just got a brand new dinosaur coin, and it\u2019s bringing a prehistoric predator back to life in stunning detail.<\/p>\n<p>Dinosaur enthusiasts and coin collectors alike will want to take a closer look at the Royal Canadian Mint\u2019s latest release, which is basically a tiny window into Canada\u2019s prehistoric past.<\/p>\n<p>The MintLAB \u2013 Exceptional Discoveries: Dinosaurs of Canada coin features a dramatic scene inspired by a rare 2009 discovery in Alberta\u2019s Dinosaur Provincial Park: the remains of a young tyrannosaur, a Gorgosaurus libratus (a cousin of the famous T. rex), with its last meal still preserved inside its stomach.<\/p>\n<p>The coin\u2019s design tells two stories: one of the past, the other of the present.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"coin\" title=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2295500\" style=\"color:transparent\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/252971_obv_1200.webp\"\/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2295500\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Royal Canadian Mint<\/p>\n<p>The obverse highlights the Alberta dig site where the fossil was discovered, with the remains surrounded by the excavation trench that helped reveal the incredible find.<\/p>\n<p>Flip the coin over, and the past comes roaring back to life. The reverse shows a reimagined version of the young dinosaur hunting down a yearling Citipes elegans (a young, bird-like theropod dinosaur), and offers a peek into the predator-prey encounters during the Late Cretaceous era.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"coin\" title=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2295499\" style=\"color:transparent\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/252971_rev_1200.webp\"\/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2295499\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Royal Canadian Mint<\/p>\n<p>Canadian paleoartist Julius Csotonyi brought the prehistoric showdown to life with a detailed reimagination of the predator hunting its prey. The obverse was designed by Canadian portrait artist Steven Rosati.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Royal Canadian Mint\" title=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1366\" height=\"775\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2295502\" style=\"color:transparent\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/img_dino-desktop-en-v2.webp\"\/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2295502\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Royal Canadian Mint<\/p>\n<p>Made with 99.99 per cent pure silver, the coin weighs 156 grams and has a face value of $50. Of course, it\u2019s no ordinary pocket change \u2014 the collectible is available on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mint.ca\/en\/shop\/coins\/2026\/mintlab-exceptional-discoveries-dinosaurs-of-canada-fine-silver-coin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">the Mint\u2019s website for\u00a0$1,829.95<\/a>. And it\u2019s a rare one, with only 647 of its kind available worldwide.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"coin\" title=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"460\" height=\"267\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2295501\" style=\"color:transparent\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/252971_pack_1200-e1784645209321.webp\"\/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2295501\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Royal Canadian Mint<\/p>\n<p>The coin is encased in a branded case, and each one comes with a serialized certificate, as well as an art card that shows a photo of the fossil specimen that resulted in this groundbreaking paleontological discovery.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s also not the Mint\u2019s first <a href=\"https:\/\/dailyhive.com\/canada\/jurassic-world-canadian-coin#google_vignette\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dinosaur-themed coin<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Canada just got a brand new dinosaur coin, and it\u2019s bringing a prehistoric predator back to life in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":818059,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[49,48,66],"class_list":["post-818058","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-science","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-science"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/818058","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=818058"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/818058\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/818059"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=818058"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=818058"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=818058"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}