Composition : 99,99% silver
Mintage :  100,000
Emblem of a Nation's Spirit

1st coin fo the annual series Maple Leaf Forever.

From backpackers in Berlinto peacekeepers in Pakistan, Canadians are immediately identifiable by a singular image they faithfully sport on pins, badges, and appliqués: the red maple leaf.

This lyrical cipher has symbolised Canada and Canadians for nearly three hundred years. Historians generally recognize the adoption of the maple leaf by Quebec's Société Saint-Jean-Baptiste in Montreal in 1836 as the first official use of the symbol to represent an element of Canadian culture.
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The idea of including the maple leaf on Canada's national flag tookroot with Lester B. Pearson in World War I, when in noted that every Canadian battalion had included some form of the maple leaf in its insignia. Fifty years later, in 1965, under his leadership as prime minister, Canada's famous red-and-white maple leaf flag was born.
In addition to the maple leaf's presence on various provincial flags and coats of arms, the country's coinage has featured maple leaves, wreaths, and boughs in various forms for the most of Canadian's history. In fact, the maple leaf was present on all Canadian coins from 1876 to1901. Since that time, it has always appeared on Canadian pennies.

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