Composition: 58,33% gold, 41,67% silver, 14-karat gold
Mintage: 2,500

150th Anniversary of the Cariboo Gold Rush
Rivers of Gold!

Beginning in 1861, intrepid seekers of wealth from as far south as California began to hear tales from men just returned from Horsefly River, Keithley Creek and Antler Creek in British Columbia's Cariboo region - tales of rivers flowing with gold so close to the surface it hardly required panning. Chinese miners called it Gold Mountain.

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The dangerous trip to the early Cariboo Gold Fields cost lives, supplies and pack animals. The Cariboo Wagon Road was essential to the success of the Cariboo Gold Rish, but its high cost almost pushed the Brithish colony into virtual bankruptcy. Giving prospectors and the government access to Cariboo gold meant quarrying and bulding by hand a massive highway through mountains of rock, across deadly canyons and rolling glacial rivers, in regions virtually untouchable for eight months of the year.

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This coin is part of the 100-dollar coin collection which began in 1976. A coin has been released every year since then.

100 DOLLARS - 150TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE CARIBOO GOLD RUSH - 2012 CANADIAN COINS 37 is categorised COINS AND PAPER MONEY / 08- ROYAL CANADIAN MINT / 25- GOLD, PLATINE & PALLADIUM COINS and sold by l'Imaginaire, a store and specialised website.