Pure Gold Coin - 100th Anniversary of the First Canadian Gold Coins (2012)
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Obverse bears the effigy
of King George V. This stunning 5-ounce pure gold coin features elements of the 1912 original design!
Coin design: The shield bearing the provincial arms of the four
provinces forming the original Dominion of Canada: Ontario, Quebec,
New Brunswick and Nova Scotia. A double date (1912-2012) has been
added 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, British
sovereigns, Spanish doubloons, French
Louis d’or, American golden eagles:
nineteenth-century commercial trade
in the Dominion of Canada was a
fascinating money mosaic. But as
Canada evolved, so did the need
for a standard national currency,
and Confederation in 1867 hastened
this need still further.
In 1912, the Mint produced the first
distinctly Canadian gold coins in
denominations of five and ten dollars.
They featured the word “Canada,”
leafy maple branches, and the shield
from Canada’s Coat of Arms. The
short-lived coins disappeared from
circulation in 1914 when the First
World War prompted citizens and
banks to hold onto this precious metal.
Specifications
- No.113916
- Mintage 200
- Composition99.99% pure gold
- Finishproof
- Weight (g) 156.05
- Diameter (mm) 60.15
- Edgeplain
- Certificateserialized
- Face value500 dollars
- ArtistRoyal Canadian Mint engravers (reverse) , Susanna Blunt (obverse)
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