Name | Value |
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Date of Issue | July 13, 2018 |
Year | 2018 |
Quantity | 585,000 |
Denomination |
![]() Current monetary value: $0.92. |
Series | Sharks |
Series Time Span | 2018 |
Printer | Lowe-Martin |
Postal Administration | Canada |
Condition | Name | Avg Value |
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M-NH-VF
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Mint - Never Hinged - Very Fine | View price |
Despite being demonized by popular fiction and movies, sharks are some of the most fascinating and diverse creatures on Earth. Sharks are also among the world’s oldest surviving species. Their earliest ancestors are thought to have swum the seas at least 420 million years ago.
Canada’s coastal waters serve as a permanent or temporary home to nearly 30 shark varieties. The five we’ve chosen to highlight in this issue, designed by Andrew Perro and illustrated by Julius Csotonyi, have their own unique story.
The slow-swimming Greenland shark (Somniosus microcephalus), found on the Atlantic side of the Arctic, enjoys a longevity greater than any other vertebrate on Earth, more than 400 years, in fact!