Numis Network's Silver Coin of the Month for January 2012 is the impeccable Canadian Silver Maple Leaf. Born November 16, 1913 in Budapest, Hungary, the sculptor Dora de Pedery-Hunt is credited with creating the maple leaf design on the coin's reverse. She graduated from the Royal School of Fine and Applied Arts in Budapest in 1943 and immigrated to Canada where she helped establish the Canadian Portrait Academy and the Medallic Art Society of Canada.