Canada 1974 Set of 4 Silver $5 and $10 Coins Unc - Montreal Olympics (Series I)
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Canada 1974 Set of 4 Silver $5 and $10 Coins Uncirculated - Montreal Olympics (Series I)
$5 Specifications:
Weight: 24.30g | Purity: 92.50% | ASW: 0.7226 ozt
$10 Specifications:
Weight: 48.60g | Purity: 92.50% | ASW: 1.4453 ozt
This is the first series of Canadian coins struck for the Montreal Winter Olympics.
Many Canadian numismatists state that Canada's first true numismatic collection was the Olympic Five and Ten Dollar coins struck for the 1976 Montreal Olympics.
It was a very ambitious program that began in February 1973. At the behest of the Federal Government (led by then-Prime Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau), it was agreed that the coins would help finance and also commemorate the 1976 Summer Olympics.
The plan was to have thirty coins, twenty-eight silver coins with face values of $5 and $10, and two gold coins - this was the first time that the RCM issued coins with face values of $5 and $10.
These coins would be categorized into seven series with each series configured into four-coin sets contain two five-dollar coins and two ten-dollar coins.
The $5 silver coins include 0.7227 oz fine silver, while the $10 silver coins include 1.4454 oz fine silver.
The seven series of silver coins were based on the following broad themes:
* Geographic
* Olympic Motifs
* Early Canadian Sports
* Olympic Track and Field Sports
* Olympic Summer Sports
* Olympic Team and Body Contact Sports
* Olympic Souvenirs
Series 1 Coin Designs:
Coin 1: $10; The world, symbolises the universality of the Olympic movement
Coin 2: $5; North America, with Canada highlighted
Coin 3: $10; The skyline of Montreal, hodt city to the games
Coin 4: $5, Kingston, site of the sailing events, highlightd yachts against the skyline of Kingston
This particular set of silver coins remains housed in the original individual presentation case it was issued in.
SKU: 212842
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