Campbell River artist helps design $2K silver coin for Royal Canadian Mint

Campbell River artist helps design $2K silver coin for Royal Canadian Mint

A Campbell River artist helped put a local touch on a new silver coin for the Royal Canadian Mint. Caren Heine, who now lives in Campbell River and previously lived in Victoria for decades, helped create the Royal Canadian Mint’s “Murano Monarch Butterfly – Half Kilo Fine Silver Coin” which launched on May 16. The 99.99 per cent silver coin measures 85.52 millimetres in diameter and costs a whopping $2,099.95, with only 800 of the collector coin…