The Royal Canadian Mint is currently selling a collectors’ coin which pays homage to a Vancouver Island First Nation’s art stylings.
The 10 ounce, pure-silver coin repurposes a popular design the mint used in 2024 for a different run of coins.
The design has been dubbed ‘The Hunter,’ and was created to pay homage to the Kwakiutl (Tsaxis) peoples of the Kwakwaka’wakw First Nation who are originally from northern Vancouver Island and BC’s central coastal regions.
“The Kwakiutl carved panel design from 2024’s ‘The Hunter’ is superbly re-created on this 2025 piece, where the larger (76.25 mm) diameter provides more space for the master of the skies to spread his wings and fly,” reads the coins description on the Royal Canadian Mint website.
“The Eagle is resplendent in yellow gold plating, as is the Orca’s fin seen moving through the waves below.”
The Port Hardy-based artist, Jason Hunt, who created this coin’s design for the mint is the youngest steward of a rich legacy of creativity.
Before him, his father, Stanley Clifford Hunt; grandfather, Henry Hunt; and great-grandfather, Mungo Martin were all renowned artists and carvers.
Emulating their style of carving, the mint made both sides of this coin appear as a woodgrain pattern, mimicking the look of western red cedar.
The twisted cedar rope frame of the coin has been brought in slightly since the smaller 2024 rendition to form a tighter fit around this coin.
The Royal Canadian Mint has set the price for this beautiful, 10-ounce, pure silver coin at $1,269.95, plus tax.
