- Country:Canada
- Collection:BaseMetal Commemorative 25cents
- Metal:Base Metal
- Year:2011
- Denomination:25 Cents
- Finish:Complete
- Mintage:5811
- Product type:Coin
The mystery of Memphr comes alive on this oversized coloured coin-and in the full-colour folder designed to display this captivating coin. Also included is a fold-out map indicating Mempr sightings. It's an intriguing keepsake that will spark peo
Highlights:
The mystery of Memphr comes alive on this oversized colouredcoin-and in the full-colour folder designedto display this captivatingcoin. Also included is a pull-out map indicating Memphr sightings. It'san intriguing keepsake that will spark people's imagination-at any age!
Coin design:
Memphr 's dragon-like head peers from the waves as its serpentinebody propels it through the waters of Lake Memphremagog. Themountain in the background echoes the rolling landscape of Quebec'sEastern Townships.
Packaging:
Coin is encapsulated and presented in a colourful folder, protected by plastic envelope. Approx. dimensions: 13 cm x 10 cm.
Myth or reality?
Marine folklore tells tales of menacing creatureshiding beneath ocean waves, but such mysteriesare not limited to the open sea. Scotland's LochNess Monster, British Columbia's Ogopogo andQuebec's Memphr suggest numerous inland lakeshold similar secrets.
Lake Memphremagog is located about 150 km(93 mi) southeast of Montreal; a long, narrowlake that runs north-south across the border intoVermont. First Nations legends from the area speakof mysterious monsters lurking in the lake. Officialrecords begun in 1816 reveal as many as eightsightings every year; the majority of them confirmedby numerous, independent eyewitness accounts.
The descriptions of Memphr are so similar tothose of Ogopogo and Nessie that scientists havespeculated they are members of an animal speciesthat hasn't been discovered-yet. Will you brave thewaters to find out?
SPECIFICATIONS
Product Number
113826
Composition
nickel plated steel
Weight
12.61 g
Edge
plain
Certificate
n/a
Face Value
25 cents
Finish
specimen (with coloured design on the reverse)
Artist
Emily S. Damstra (reverse), Susanna Blunt (obverse)
