- Country:Canada
- Collection:BaseMetal Commemorative 25cents
- Metal:Base Metal
- Year:2011
- Denomination:25 Cents
- Finish:Complete
- Mintage:59585
- Product type:Coin
A portrait of the young couple with Prince William's profile in the foreground and his future bride Catherine Middleton at his side. The larger-than-usual diameter of this 25-cent coin is an unexpected feature that provides plenty of space to capture eve
2011 Royal Tour
From June 30 to July 8, 2011, Canada welcomed Their Royal Highnesses, The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge as they embarked on their first overseas tour as a married couple. As this tour was the most-watched Royal tour ever, this coin is more than a lasting memory of the Royal wedding à it's a piece of history in the making.
Highlights:
The larger-than-usual diameter of this 25-cent coinis an unexpectedfeature that provides plenty of space to capture every detail of itscolour design-a unique keepsake to celebrate one of the mostbeautiful weddings of the year!
Coin design:
A portrait of the young couple with Prince William's profilein theforeground and his bride Catherine Middleton at his side.
Congratulations tothe world's favouritebride and groom
Prince William and Catherine Middleton firstmet in 2001 while studying at the Universityof St. Andrews in Scotland. During thecourse of their years at St. Andrews, the pairgrew increasingly closer, and by the timethey graduated in 2005, it was well-knownthey were a couple. Observers have longspeculated the two would marry, and althoughthe engagement came as no surprise, it haselated many as it proved to be the mosthighly anticipated Royal wedding of recentmemory.
On April 29, 2011, people across Britain, theCommonwealth, and the world celebrated thisexciting moment with the newlyweds.
His Royal Highness Prince William of Walesand Miss Catherine Middleton became engagedduring a trip to Kenya in October 2010. PrinceWilliam carried with him the engagement ring-astunning 18-carat sapphire surrounded byfourteen diamonds which had previously belongedto Diana, Princess of Wales.Prince William askedCatherine to marry him in a manner she later saidwas "very romantic, and... very personal."
Clarence House announced the engagement tothe world on November 16, 2010.
