CANADA
2009
Triangular Coin Six String Nation Guitar
50 Cent Sterling Silver
Specifications:
RCM Number: 104732
Face Value: 50 Cent
Mintage: 30,000
Composition: 92.5% Silver / 7.5% Copper
Weight: 19.1 g
Diameter: 36.0 x 34.1 mm
Finish: Specimen
Artist: Royal Canadian Mint engravers (reverse), Susanna Blunt (obverse)
This coin will strike a chord with all Canadians. Music lovers will quicklynotice how it’s shaped like a guitar pick—the perfect tie-in to the Six String Nation Guitar.
The brainchild of broadcaster Jowi Taylor, this one-of-a-kind instrument ismade of wood, bone, metal and stone from across the country. Indeed, tohold the guitar is to hold Canada’s amazing history, cultures and stories inone’s hands—an amazing sense of nationhood that countless musiciansand spectators have experienced since the guitar was first played onParliament Hill during the Canada Day celebrations in 2006.
Highlights:
With its unique shape and theme, this coin promises to be aspopular as previous irregular-shaped coins that quickly sold out. Craftedwith the distinctive specimen finish, its design evokes the beauty of ahand-crafted guitar, complete with guitar strings “resonating” inside theselective hologram.
Reverse:
The inlaid maple leaf and intricately crafted representation ofthe Six String Nation Guitar with a selective hologram of the logo used tosymbolize its six strings.