2025 $200 PURE GOLD COIN
TALL SHIPS: THREE-MASTED SCHOONER

4th coin of the series Tall Ships.

Fourth in the Royal Canadian Mint’s annual Tall Ships series of 99.99% pure gold coins.

Unlike the topsail schooner (Coin 3), the type of vessel depicted on this fourth Tall Ships coin doesn’t carry square topsails; instead, a three-masted (or tern) schooner’s sails are fitted in a fore-and-aft line that enables the ship to have a better windward performance. Between 1880 and 1920, hundreds of tern schooners were launched from shipyards throughout Atlantic Canada. Built with a high carrying capacity and smaller crew requirements, the terns supplanted the square-rigged ships as the backbone of the coastal trade by the end of the 19th century, when these were the wind-powered equivalent to the freight trucks of today.

➢  Coin #4 in the Tall Ships series. Crafted in 99.99% pure gold with a mirror-like finish, the fourth Tall Ships coin features a starboard quarter view of a threemasted (tern) schooner, a popular vessel for transporting goods in the late 19th century.
➢ The Tall Ships series celebrates the legendary vessels that drew international acclaim for Canada’s shipyards and contributed to our rich maritime heritage.
➢ Each instalment showcases a different type of tall ship or sail plan, beginning with the brigantine (2022) and continuing with the fullrigged ship (2023), the topsail schooner (2024), and now the threemasted (tern) schooner.
➢ A magnificent addition to any collection, especially a gold, history or nautical-themed one.
➢ Very low mintage of just 800 coins worldwide.

 

200 DOLLARS - TALL SHIPS - THREE-MASTED SCHOONER - 2025 CANADIAN COINS 04 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.