Gar Travis forwarded these links relating to the Parks Canada coin discussed last week.
-Editor
I visited the Canada Mint web site last week and viewed the video which accompanies the offering. This video features an interview with the designer, who stated he had never designed a coin and that he chose images from books and the Internet to draw from and that is where he found his inspiration.
Link to Mint video:
www.mint.ca/store/artist/luc-normandin-10800035?cat= Meet+The+Artist&nId=4600002&parentnId=&nodeGroup=Learn&lang=en_CA
or on YouTube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RLRTFCpDKIc
.
To read the earlier E-Sylum article, see:
PARKS CANADA COIN CRITICIZED
(www.coinbooks.org/esylum_v14n02a22.html)
Wayne Homren, Editor
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