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1 oz. Pure Gold Football-Shaped and Curved Coin - Mintage: 550 (2017)
                
                2017
Mintage 550 
        
    
            ARCHIVED
        
1 oz. Pure Gold Football-Shaped and Curved Coin - Mintage: 550 (2017)
                
                2017
Mintage 550 
        
    
                            $2,899.95 CAD
                    
                
                            
                                Masters Club:
                                    
    29,000
                                
                            
                            Status: CAN & US shipping only
                            
            
            
                Availability:
                Out of stock in stores
            
    
                    About
                            A MINT FIRST! A football-shaped pure gold coin—curved and convex! Order today!
                        
                                            Score big with this football inspired coin! It's curved and convex as if inflated and ready for play, complete with all the texture and standardized features of a modern Canadian football: leather panels, "night stripes" and laces that were once part of the manufacturing process but are now used to maximize grip. It's a touchdown!
A perfect gift to delight football fans everywhere! Order today!
  Special  features:
- A MINT FIRST! Our first football-shaped curved coin in pure 99.99% gold! Also available in silver, order both!
 - CONVEX ON REVERSE SIDE! Your coin is also convex on the reverse for added dimension!
 - UNIQUE KEEPSAKE! Your coin showcases the latest, cutting-edge capabilities in minting and includes a remarkable level of texture anddetail.
 - ORIGINAL PIECE OF SPORTS MEMORABILIA! Your coin is an upscale and original piece of sports memorabilia that sports fans everywhere will cherish.
 - LOW MINTAGE: Only550 coins will be made available worldwide. A limited and highly collectible keepsake that celebrates one of North America's most popular sports!
 - ONE-OUNCE 99.99% PURE GOLD COIN! Your coin is GST/HST exempt!
 
Design:
 Royal Canadian Mint engravers have meticulously crafted a football that comes alive in your coin's unique shape and convex reverse. While there are minor differences in the specifications forthe footballs used by the various football leaguesin North America, this design showcases all the standardized features of a modern Canadian football: the leather panels, "night stripes," and laces that were once part of the manufacturing process but are now used to maximize grip.
Theories abound how the football got its distinctive shape, but one thing's for sure, it's not the result of deliberate design, it just evolved that way. One theory suggests the first footballs some 170 years ago simply took on the shape of the pig's bladder from which they were made.Even when the switch was made to cowhide and rubber, early footballs were difficult to inflate and were consistently lopsided. This warped shape proved to be a lot easier to carry and throw, and when players began using the forward pass in the early 1900's, the football was deliberately designed into the elongated shape we see today.
 Packaging:
  Your coin is encapsulated and presented in a Royal Canadian Mint-branded black clamshell with a black beauty box.
Order your coin today!
Specifications
                            Product Number
                            155900
                        
                                            
                            Mintage
                            550
                        
                                            
                            Composition
                            99.99% pure gold
                        
                                                                
                            Weight
                            31.32 g
                        
                                                                                    
                            Edge
                            plain
                        
                                            
                            Certificate
                            serialized
                        
                                            
                            Face Value
                            200 dollars
                        
                                            
                            Finish
                            proof
                        
                                                                                    
                            Artist
                            RCM engravers (reverse), Susanna Blunt (obverse)
                        
                    
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