- Country:Canada
- Collection:Gold Commemorative $100
- Metal:Gold
- Year:2015
- Denomination:$100
- Finish:Complete
- Weight (oz):0.225
- Purity:0.583
- Mintage:2017
- Product type:Coin
Celebrates Canada's first Prime Minister and railway!
Despite its relative youth, Canada boasts a rich political history whose past leaders, through now, left a lasting mark on the nation Canada was to become. This gold coin celebrates the 200th anniversary of the birth of Canada's first Prime Minister, Sir John A.Macdonald.
An ideal gift for someone you know who enjoys Canadian history andtrains. Order yours today!
Special features:
¥ The Royal Canadian Mint's world-renowned annual $100 gold coin commemorates the
200th anniversary of the birth of Canada's first Prime Minister, Sir John A Macdonald.
¥ The artistry of the coin drawson a strikingly original portrait of Sir John A. Macdonald along with one of Macdonald's achievements, the completion of the Canadian Pacific railway, represented here by the steam locomotive no. 374-the first transcontinental passenger train to arrive in Vancouver in 1887-against a modern-day map of Canada.
¥ This beautiful coin is anexcellent addition to any collection focused aroundthe celebration of Canadian history. It is sure tobe sought-after among collectors.
¥ Features an intricateand elegant design finely engraved and meticulouslypresented in a beautiful proof finish (frosted raised elements on mirror background); a testimony to the exceptional talents of the designer and unparalleled RCM craftsmanship.
Design:
Your coin pays tribute to Sir John A. Macdonald, Canada's first Prime Minister and a Father of Confederation. His reputation as a nation builder is symbolized by the modern-day map of Canada, which stretches from one side of the image field to the other and overlaps beyond the image rim. As one of Macdonald's achievements, the completion of the Canadian Pacific railway is represented here by the steamlocomotive no. 374-the first transcontinental passenger train to arrive in Vancouver in 1887. A side profile of Sir John A. Macdonald is portrayed on the right side of the image field, overlapping the rim, while the commemorative dates "1815-2015" signal the bicentennial of his birth.
About Sir John A. Macdonald:
On July 1, 1867, the Dominion of Canada was created, and SirJohn Alexander Macdonald, a key architect of Canadian Confederation, became the new nation's first Prime Minister. Knighted by Queen Victoria for hisrole in Canadian Confederation, Sir John A. Macdonald led the nation until his death in 1891, with only a single interruption in his leadership, from 1873 to 1878.
John Alexander Macdonald was born on January 11, 1815, in Glasgow,Scotland. He and his family immigrated to Kingston, Upper Canada in 1820. With a successful law practice, and having held political office at the municipal level in Kingston, Macdonald joined the Upper Canada cabinet in 1847, serving as receiver general and commissioner of Crown Lands. In 1854, he entered the cabinet of the United Province of Canada, serving as Attorney General for Canada West. Taking on aheavy portfolio of legislative work and providing important legal counsel to various departments of the government, his responsibilities grew until he and George- tienne Cartier were jointly leading the Government.
By the 1860s, it was clear that some form of constitutional change was necessary. John A. Macdonald, alongwith George Brown, Cartier, and their colleagues presented a vision of a united British North America to the leaders of the Maritime colonies at the Charlottetown Conference in September 1864. They ultimately achieved their goal on July 1, 1867, when the Dominion of Canada was created-with Macdonald, its key architect, as the new nation's Prime Minister.
Macdonald's tireless work sowed the seeds of the sovereign nation of Canada.
