Martin Short Presents 2013 Canada $3 Silver Coin

The Royal Canadian Mint has released a fine $3 silver coin that was designed with the help of Canadian comedian Martin Short.

This silver coin is selling for a retail price of $49.95 and has a mintage limit of 15,000.

Martin Short has traveled the world several times over in his years of being a comedian, but he has never found another place on earth as spectacular as Muskoka in northern Ontario. In fact, he enjoys the area so much that it is where his summer home is located, and that summer home is what the coin is designed after. Short teamed up with Canadian artist Tony Bianco to create the "Martin Short Presents Canada" coin.

Depicted on these fine silver coins is two chairs that are shaded by maple and pine trees. The chairs face a gliding sailboat on a beautiful lake on its way to a boathouse. Down the shore line from the chairs is a Canadian flag that is flying proudly on a marine-inspired flag pole. The reverse side of the coin is engraved with "CANADA" the year, "2013" and the value "$3 DOLLARS."

The obverse side of the silver coin features a portrait of Queen Elizabeth II by Susanna Blunt. Inscriptions read "ELIZABETH II" and "D.G. REGINA."

Orders for the 2013 Martin Short Presents Canada Silver Coin can be placed by phone, Canadian residents can call 1-800-267-1871 and U.S. residents can order theirs by calling 1-800-268-6468. Orders may also be placed by going to the Royal Canadian Mint’s website at www.mint.ca and visiting this product page.

Coins come in a maroon clamshell case lined with flock and protected by a custom box the features Canadian funny-man Martin Short’s autograph.