2014 Canada $20 Royal Ontario Museum Centennial Fine Silver (No Tax) 

For 100 years, the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) in Toronto, Ontario, has connected visitors with the natural world around them, as well as the many cultures that have shaped human history.

At right is a gold-plated image of the Statue of Cleopatra VII, a unique piece that was purchased in the early 1900s by the museum s first director. This ancient granite bust is believed to be a rare, idealized representation of the Egyptian queen whose romantic conquests earned her immortality. Behind the bust, the crystalline-like shape of the Michael Lee-Chin Crystal rises up to fill much of the image field, adding a modern element to the design. Its angled, prismatic structures are rendered in beautiful detail – from the aluminum strips giving the building its brushed metal appearance, to the many windows that capture and reflect light. The museum s centennial is commemorated above the building with the words 100 YEARS ANS, while below are engraved the face value of 20 DOLLARS and the word CANADA. The obverse image is Susanna Blunt s effigy of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.

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