- From The Collection Of
- Horniman Museum and Gardens
- Discipline
- Humanities
- Date
- 1979 (creation date)
- Materials and Techniques
- silver (material)
- Place
- North America (creation)
- Canada (creation)
- Description
- Silver dollar coin decorated on one side with Queen Elizabeth's head and the inscription 'ELIZABETH II D.G. REGINA'. The other side is decorated with the galleon 'Griffon', surrounded by the inscription: 'DOLLAR CANADA 1679 GRIFFON 1979'. Milled edge. Coin contained within a clear perspex casing, within a presentation box covered with a white cardboard sleeve. Inscription on sleeve reads '1679-1979 Griffon (ship), Royal Canadian Mint.';Silver dollar coin decorated on one side with Queen Elizabeth's head and the inscription 'ELIZABETH II D.G. REGINA'. The other side is decorated with a steamtrain moving away from a cityscape which is surmounted with a sunrise, surrounded by the inscription: ' CANADA DOLLAR 1886 VANCOUVER 1986'. Milled edge. Coin contained within a clear perspex casing, within a presentation box covered with a white cardboard sleeve. Inscription on sleeve reads '1886-1986 Vncouver B.C., Royal Canadian Mint.'
- See Elsewhere
- MDS record link
- Record Rights
- Horniman Museum and Gardens
- CC BY-SA
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