Composition : 99.99% gold
Mintage : 2,500
The Wood Bison : North America's Rare Giant
The wood bison is uniquely Canadian :  in its natural state, it only occurs in Canada. It is also the largest lan mammal in North America often reaching two meters in height and weighing over 900 kilograms, mirroring our vast land's massivity and power. Despite their great size and abundance - its population was once over 168,000 - these greatforagers were reduced to a few hundred at the dawn of the twentieth century.
In Wood Buffalo and Elk Island National Parks, the Parks Canada Agency has worked with great care and tenacity to bring the wood bison back from the brink of extinction, successfully growing their number back to over 10,000. Long an example of humanity's destructive power, the bison has, for far longer, been a Canadian icon, symbol of the West, and a core component of the pantheon of Canadiana. Through its successful rehabilitation, the story of the woodbison may now also become one of Canadian conservation's success stories.
This coin is the fourth issue of the pure gold 10-dollar coinon the 100th anniversary of Parks Canada collection.
The first coin of the series, released in 2011, depicts the Peregrine Falcon.
The second coin of the series, released in 2011, depicts the Boreal Forest.
The third coin of the series, released in 2011, depicts the Orca Whale.
Thefourth coin of the series, released in 2011 depicts the Wood Bison.

PARKS CANADA - WOOD BISON - 2011 CANADIAN COINS 04 is categorised COINS AND PAPER MONEY / 08- ROYAL CANADIAN MINT / 07- PURE GOLD and sold by l'Imaginaire, a store and specialised website.