1 Kilogram Pure Gold Coin - The Quintessential Voyageur Dollar
1 Kilogram Pure Gold Coin - The Quintessential Voyageur Dollar
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A Canadian classic, crafted in 1 kg of 99.99% pure gold.
The quintessential Voyageur Dollar, this 99.99% puregold kilo coin honours yesterday’s artistry using today’s engraving techniques. Both sides of the coin pay tribute to the Voyageur Dollar, a commemorative coin that has a special place inour history and in many collections. But instead ofusing the same reverse design, we went back to Emanuel Hahn’s concept drawings to bring his original vision to life, with all its nuanced details, and on a much larger canvas than the artist could have ever imagined.
“Emanuel Hahn’s classic design has a timeless quality and represents the best of Canada: its people, its endless potential, the unbelievable beauty of its landscapes and the vastness of the North symbolized by the rays of the aurora borealis…” Masters Club Member: Mr. Bernie Torbik
An outstanding piece that combines distinction, beauty, history and exclusivity.
Special features:
- A renewed classic! Canada’s most famous commemorative coin, the Voyageur Dollar, is re-imagined as a 1 kg 99.99% pure gold collector’s item.
- Low mintage! Only 45 coins minted. This is the ultimate combination of history and exclusivity, artistry and craftsmanship.
- Includes serialized certificate! The Royal Canadian Mint certifies all of its collector coins.
- No GST/HST
Features
The legacy of Emanuel Hahn
It looks familiar but it’s not quite the same – your gold kilo coin features an early version of Emanuel Hahn’s now-iconic Voyageur design. The reverse is based on one of the artist’s preliminary concepts, which are preserved in the National Currency Collection of the Bank of Canada Museum located in Ottawa, Ontario. This is a unique glimpse of the evolution of a classic Canadian design.
Special insert
Your coin comes with a special insert card featuring a reproduction of Emanuel Hahn’s original sketch, which is held at the Bank of Canada Museum.
A kilo-sized celebration of history
The Voyageur Dollar was Canada’s first domestically designed piece, our first commemorative coin and our first circulating silver dollar. It was also the Royal Canadian Mint’s first collaboration with artist Emanuel Hahn, whose designs still appear on some of our circulation coins today.
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Design & Artist
Reverse
Emanuel Hahn
Obverse
sir E. B. Mackennal
Your coin’s reverse features an early version of Emanuel Hahn’s Voyageur design, which appeared on Canadian dollar coins issued between 1935 and 1986. It is based on an original pencil sketch that is part of the National Currency Collection of the Bank of Canada Museum, located in Ottawa, Ontario. Beneath the aurora borealis, a voyageur and an Indigenous guide paddle a fur-laden canoe past wind-sweptpines that rise up from a semi-circular island. The obverse pays tribute to the 85th anniversary of the last issue year (1936) of Sir E.B. MacKennal’s portrait of King George V; this effigy appeared on Canadian coins from 1911 to 1936, with the 1935 silver dollar being the only exception. The portrait is surrounded with the Latin legend, “GEORGIVS V REX IMPERATOR ANNO REGNI XXV” (George V, King and Emperor, 25th Year of Reign), honouring the first Voyageur Dollar issued in 1935 to commemorate the Silver Jubilee ofKing George V.
Your coin comes with a special insert card featuring a reproduction of Emanuel Hahn’s original sketch, which is held at the Bank of Canada Museum.
Credit: NCC-1963.0059.00015.006 – Bank of Canada Archives
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