General Information

Serial #

491

Part Number

1

Total Parts

4

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

.1 SILVER & COPPER COIN; SEALED INSIDE SYNTHETIC (ACRYLIC ?) CASE..2 METAL CASE HAS SYNTHETIC LINING & PADDING..3-.4 CARD STOCK BOX.

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

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Width

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Height

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Thickness

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Weight

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Diameter

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Volume

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Lexicon

Group

Railway Transportation

Category

Commemorative

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Mint CA

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

City

Ottawa

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Unknown

Period

THIS COIN NEVER USED. THIS COIN MINTED FOR SALE IN 2001.

Canada

1 OF A SET OF COMPLEMENTARY STIRLING SILVER NON-CIRCULATING COINS ISSUED BY THE ROYAL CANADIAN MINT AS COLLECTOR ITEMS. THE SUBJECT OF THE COINS UNDERSCORES CANADIANS' ENDURING INTEREST IN AND RECOGNITION OF THE IMPORTANCE OF TRANSPORTATION IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF OUR NATION. SCOTIA WAS 1ST CDN LOCOMOTIVE BUILT WITH A STEEL BOILER. BUILT IN 1861 IN HAMILTON, BY GWR, THE SCOTIA OPERATED UNTIL 1873. (REF. 1)

Function

TO COMMEMORATE CANADIAN ACHIEVEMENT, SPECIFICALLY IN THE AREA OF TRANSPORTATION. COIN HAS NOMINAL VALUE ($20 CANADIAN) AS CURRENCY.

Technical

20 DOLLAR STIRLING SILVER COIN STRUCK BY ROYAL CANADIAN MINT, AS PART OF "TRANSPORTATION 2001" SERIES. COIN ARTWORK DESIGNED BY CANADIAN ARTIST DONALD CURLEY; OBVERSE PORTRAIT OF HER MAJESTY QUEEN ELIZABETH II BY DORA DE PEDERY-HUNT. COIN CONTAINS 92.5% SILVER & 7.5% COPPER AND FEATURES HOLOGRAM CAMEO. (REF. 1)

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

.1 "CANADA 20 DOLLARS" & "DC" appears on coin reverse; "ELIZABETH II/ 2001/ D.G. REGINA" appears on obverse..4box marked "[logo] Royal Canadian/ Mint/ Monnaie royale/ Mint".

Missing

NONE.

Finish

.1 SILVER METAL COIN SEALED WITHIN CLEAR CASING..2 BRONZE COLOUR PRESENTATION CASE HAS FLAT METALLIC EXTERNAL FINISH; RAISED BLACK SYNTHETIC DISK ON TOP HAS GOLDTONE LOGO & DECORATION; MOULDED BLACK LINING HAS FLOCKED FINISH; CW BLACK FOAM PAD..3 TOP IS GREY; GREY, BLACK & GOLDTONE LOGOS..4 BLACK BOX BASE.

Decoration

.1 COIN REVERSE DEPICTS MOVING LOCOMOTIVE, AS SEEN IN SEMI-PROFILE; HOLOGRAM IMAGE, IN UPPER RIGHT, SHOWS LOCOMOTIVE IN FULL PROFILE. OBVERSE SIDE HAS PORTRAIT OF QUEEN ELIZABETH II, SHOWN IN PROFILE..2 &.3 FEATURE MINT LOGO OF STYLIZED MAPLE LEAF ABOVE LETTER "M".