ARCHIVED
Pure Gold Coin - 100th Anniversary of the First Canadian Gold Coins (2012)
2012
Mintage 200
ARCHIVED
Pure Gold Coin - 100th Anniversary of the First Canadian Gold Coins (2012)
2012
Mintage 200
$12,274.95 CAD
Masters Club:
122,750
Status: CAN & US shipping only
Availability:
Out of stock in stores
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This stunning 5-ounce pure gold coin features elements of the 1912 original design! Obverse bears the effigy of King George V.
ALREADY 87% OF MINTAGE SOLD!
Obverse bears the effigyof King George V. This stunning 5-ounce pure gold coin features elementsof the 1912 original design!
Coin design: The shield bearing the provincial arms ofthe fourprovinces forming the original Dominion of Canada: Ontario, Quebec,New Brunswick and Nova Scotia. A double date (1912-2012) has beenadded to highlight its centennial year.
Packaging:
Coin is encapsulated and presented in a maroon clamshell case lined with flock and protected by a black sleeve.
The first Canadian gold coins.
Wampum, beaver pelts, Britishsovereigns, Spanish doubloons, FrenchLouis d’or, American golden eagles:nineteenth-century commercial tradein the Dominion of Canada was afascinating money mosaic. But asCanada evolved, so did the needfor a standard national currency,and Confederation in 1867 hastenedthis need still further.
In 1912, the Mint produced the firstdistinctly Canadian gold coins indenominations of five and ten dollars.They featured the word “Canada,”leafy maple branches, and the shieldfrom Canada’s Coat of Arms. Theshort-lived coins disappeared fromcirculation in 1914 when the FirstWorld War prompted citizens andbanks to hold onto this precious metal.
Obverse bears the effigyof King George V. This stunning 5-ounce pure gold coin features elementsof the 1912 original design!
Coin design: The shield bearing the provincial arms ofthe fourprovinces forming the original Dominion of Canada: Ontario, Quebec,New Brunswick and Nova Scotia. A double date (1912-2012) has beenadded to highlight its centennial year.
Packaging:
Coin is encapsulated and presented in a maroon clamshell case lined with flock and protected by a black sleeve.
The first Canadian gold coins.
Wampum, beaver pelts, Britishsovereigns, Spanish doubloons, FrenchLouis d’or, American golden eagles:nineteenth-century commercial tradein the Dominion of Canada was afascinating money mosaic. But asCanada evolved, so did the needfor a standard national currency,and Confederation in 1867 hastenedthis need still further.
In 1912, the Mint produced the firstdistinctly Canadian gold coins indenominations of five and ten dollars.They featured the word “Canada,”leafy maple branches, and the shieldfrom Canada’s Coat of Arms. Theshort-lived coins disappeared fromcirculation in 1914 when the FirstWorld War prompted citizens andbanks to hold onto this precious metal.
Specifications
Product Number
113916
Mintage
200
Composition
99.99% pure gold
Weight
156.05 g
Edge
plain
Certificate
serialized
Face Value
500 dollars
Finish
proof
Artist
Royal Canadian Mint engravers (reverse) , Susanna Blunt (obvers
e)
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