1655) "Trans-Canadian Railway," Canada: "The First 100 Years of Confederation Coin Series": The Royal Canadian Mint has issued the first Silver $50 Coin in the three Coin Series depicting the Railway: Date of Coin issue: 12.01.2021:
The Royal Canadian Mint has begun on 12.01.2021, a new three-coin series titled “The First 100 Years of Confederation,” which focuses on Canadian efforts to bridge distances and come together by means of different modes of transportation — first by rail, then by sea, and finally — by air.
As a country that is the world’s second-largest, with maritime provinces on the east coast into the Atlantic Ocean, a province bordering the Pacific Ocean, and a vast coastline bordering the Arctic Ocean, Canada is a vast territory with a crucial need to be internally connected. One of the most significant Canadian accomplishments was the completion of the Trans-Canadian Railway network.
In 1967, with the Canadian Confederation, the creation of a Trans-Canadian Railway was initially undertaken as the national dream by the new government of Prime Minister John A. Macdonald, Canada’s first Prime Minister.
As a voyage from coast to coast would entail four months of travel by sea, a land transport link to the East was a condition for British Columbia to join the Confederation.
The government proposed to build a railway linking the Pacific province to the Eastern provinces within 10 years of the 20.07.1871, the same day British Columbia formally became Canada’s sixth province.
The Obverse and Reverse of the $50 (50 Canadian Dollars) Silver Coin placed against a backgroud image of a Leviathan Model 440 on a single track with its model number 60.
The first coin in the series commemorates the initiative, construction, and eventual completion of this extraordinary railway network from 1867 to 1914.
Presently, the Canadian Pacific Railway owns and operates approximately 20,100 kilometres (12,500 miles) of track through six provinces of Canada and into the United States, stretching from Montreal, Quebec to Vancouver, British Columbia, and as far north as Edmonton, Alberta.
The Commemorative Coin:
On the Reverse of the $50 (Canadian Dollars) Coin is depicted Canada’s earliest locomotive engines built by Leviathan model 440 on a single track of rail, the identification number 374 shown on the front face of the locomotive itself.
An ornate décor pattern surrounds the train engine and maple leaves strewn as if falling from and blowing off trees. To the right of the primary design is the denomination of "50 DOLLARS" and above is the name of the country of issue - "CANADA" in stylised script.
Depicted are all five sovereigns recreated from the original effigies included on the obverse side of Canadian coinage from 1867 to the present.
Queen Elizabeth II (presently reigning), is seen at the top. Going clockwise are the effigies of King George VI (reigned 1936–1952), King George V (reigned 1910–1936), King Edward VII (reigned 1901–1910), and Queen Victoria (reigned 1867–1901). The collection of portraits is surrounded by the titles of each sovereign in Latin along the edge with the year of issue 2021 placed in the middle of the collection of portraits.
The specifications of this Coin are:
Denomination: $50 (Canadian Dollars); Metal Composition: .9999 Fineness Silver (Ag); Weight: 157.6 grams; Diameter/Size: 65.2 mm; Coin Quality: Proof; Maximum Mintage: 1,250 pieces; Presentation: Each Coin is presented in a Royal Canadian Mint branded black custom case; Certificate of Authenticity (COA): Numbered COA; Year: 2021; Mint: Royal Canadian Mint; Designer: Glen Green;
Schedule of Release:
Coin 1: An Emerging Country — Rail (January 2021)
Coin 2: Coming of Age — Sea (March 2021)
Coin 3: Canada Takes Wing — Air (May 2021)
31) North-west Territories, Canada: 150th Anniversary (1870-2020): A $30 (Thirty Canadian Dollars) Silver Proof Coin minted by the Royal Canadian Mint, celebrates the milestone: Year of Coin issue: 2020
32) An "Inuk" and a Quilliq", Canada: New 1/20 Ounce $10 Coins minted in Arctic Gold by the Royal Canadian Mint symbolise cultural diversity in Canada and features deeply symbolic elements that are important expressions of Inuit identity: Year of Coin issue: 2020
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