Composition : 99.99% Fine Silver
Tirage : 10,000

Emblem of a Nation's Spirit

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

This lyrical cipher has symbolized Canada and Canadians for nearly three hundred years. Historians general lyrecognize theadoption of the maple leaf by Quebec's Société Saint-Jean-Baptiste inMontréal in 1836 as the first official use of the symbol to representan element of Canadian culture.

The symbol was soon popularized in print, song, and in the small markers - such as lapel pins - withwhich Canadian residents of various origins honoured their homelands.The English had their roses, the Scots their thistle, the Irish theirshamrocks, and the French their fleur-de-lis - and native-born Canadians quickly chosethe prosaic maple leaf.

The idea of including the maple leaf on Canada's national flag took root with Lester B. Pearson in World War I, when he 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 variousforms for most of Canada's history. In fact, the maple leaf was present on all Canadian coins from 1876 to 1901, and on Canadian pennies until 2012.

This coin is the first issue of the Maple Leaf Impression collection.
The first coin of the series, released in 2013, depicts the Maple Leaf Impression with Red Enamel Effect
The second coin of the series, released in 2014, depict the Maple Leaf Impression with Green Enamel Effect
 

MAPLE LEAF IMPRESSION - MAPLE LEAF IMPRESSION WITH RED ENAMEL EFFECT - 2013 CANADIAN COINS 01 is categorised COINS AND PAPER MONEY / 08- ROYAL CANADIAN MINT / 12- MAPLE LEAVES and sold by l'Imaginaire, a store and specialised website.