Mintage: 10,000 coins.

Fuel for Fire

In Canada, it was the late 1600's when the reserves of coal along the east coast first came to light. Visible in the outcroppings of cliffs along the shoreline, the valuable fuel source was easy pickings for the French military and early settlers.

Authorities soon realized a potential source of wealth lay in the ground beneath them and opened the firstcommercial coal mine in 1720 in Port Morien (Cow Bay) in Cape Breton (Nova Scotia). Four years later, coal was shipped to Boston; the firstrecorded mineral export from Canada. By 1873, there were eight coal companies operating in the region. Theirs were some of the most extensive mining operations in the world.

Coal was the economic fuel of many communities.the prosperity of town and mine linked directly to each other as company stores and housing quickly disappeared when the coal ran out. From east to west, scenarios like this played out wherever coal was being harvested from the ground. Although production in Ontario and Quebec was limited, it was Nova Scotian coal that fuelled their industrial development for almost a century.

The HistoricalCommerce serie includes the following coins:
- Fur Traders, released in 2005;
- Timber Trade, released in 2006;
- Fishing Trade, released in 2007;
- Agriculture Trade : 200 dollars 22-karat Gold Coin et 20 dollars Fine Silver Coin, both released in 2008;
- Coal Mining Trade : 200 dollars 22-karat Gold Coin et 20dollars Fine Silver Coin, both released in 2009.

CANADIAN INDUSTRY - COAL MINING TRADE - 2009 CANADIAN COINS 02 is categorised COINS AND PAPER MONEY / 08- ROYAL CANADIAN MINT / 13- CANADIAN HISTORY and sold by l'Imaginaire, a store and specialised website.