A Proof 2014 Baby Beaver silver $20 coin from the Royal Canadian Mint is the first coin in a series honoring baby animals.

The Susanna Blunt effigy of Queen Elizabeth II appears on the obverse.

The reverse of the coin shows a colorful baby beaver kit gnawing twigs with its mother (who is not colorized) along a river bank.

By wildlife artist Glen Loates, the reverse design shows the baby beaver in three-quarter profile (facing left) as it stands poised at the river’s edge, its flat tail partially submerged, the ripples surrounding it showing ever so slight movement. The beaver’s teeth are on full display as the kit gnaws a small branch. Its brown-colored fur stands in contrast to the bright green-colored leaves of the balsam poplar tree (Populus balsamifera) branch gripped by the kit’s mother in the background.