Canada
2003
100th Anniversary Colbalt Discovery
$1 Silver Coin
Specification:
RCM Number: N/A
Face Value: $1
Mintage: 51,130
Composition: 99.99% Fine Silver
Weight: 25.18 g
Diameter: 36.07 mm
Edge: Serrated
Finish: Brilliant
Artist: John Mardon, William Woodruff (reverse), Dora de Pédery-Hunt (obverse)
This coin marks 100 years since Fred LaRose, a blacksmith, threw his hammer at a fox, of course missing the fox, but striking a rock revealing a gleaming vein of silver.
This is the first issue of a pure silver (.9999 fine) dollar by the Royal Canadian Mint