CONSTELLATIONS - 2006 CANADIAN COINS # 03 - FALL - BIG AND LITTLE BEAR CONSTELLATIONS
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Description
Composition : 99,95% palladium
Mintage : 300
Big and Little Bear Autumn Constellation
Canada's Night Skies
Since time immemorial, stars have been a source of inspiration and legend for people throughout the world. In the Northern Hemisphere, earlycivilizations were mystified by two easily identifiable constellations that astronomers commonly refer to today as Ursa Major and Ursa Minor. Ancient peoples believed these stars were wagons or plows, chariotsor drinking gourds. Despite the fact that many of these cultures wereoceans apart, a surprising number of them were sure they saw bears twinkling in the night sky.
Some say the ancient Greeks believed Big Bear (Ursa Major) was actually a beautiful nymph named Callisto, who was turned into a bear by Zeus to shield her from his jealous wife Hera. But one day, as Callisto's son Arcas was hunting in the woods, Callisto almost became his prey. Zeus, watching from above, acted quickly and turned Arcas into a bear also, and yanked them both up into thesky by their tails, causing the bears tails to become stretched forever as they hang in the sky.
As the earth completes its annual orbit around the sun, the positions of Big and Little Bear will change with the seasons, but they are always visible from Canada, ready to fuel the imagination as people gaze towards the night sky.
CONSTELLATIONS - FALL - BIG AND LITTLE BEAR CONSTELLATIONS - 2006 CANADIAN COINS 03 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.
Mintage : 300
Big and Little Bear Autumn Constellation
Canada's Night Skies
Since time immemorial, stars have been a source of inspiration and legend for people throughout the world. In the Northern Hemisphere, earlycivilizations were mystified by two easily identifiable constellations that astronomers commonly refer to today as Ursa Major and Ursa Minor. Ancient peoples believed these stars were wagons or plows, chariotsor drinking gourds. Despite the fact that many of these cultures wereoceans apart, a surprising number of them were sure they saw bears twinkling in the night sky.
Some say the ancient Greeks believed Big Bear (Ursa Major) was actually a beautiful nymph named Callisto, who was turned into a bear by Zeus to shield her from his jealous wife Hera. But one day, as Callisto's son Arcas was hunting in the woods, Callisto almost became his prey. Zeus, watching from above, acted quickly and turned Arcas into a bear also, and yanked them both up into thesky by their tails, causing the bears tails to become stretched forever as they hang in the sky.
As the earth completes its annual orbit around the sun, the positions of Big and Little Bear will change with the seasons, but they are always visible from Canada, ready to fuel the imagination as people gaze towards the night sky.
CONSTELLATIONS - FALL - BIG AND LITTLE BEAR CONSTELLATIONS - 2006 CANADIAN COINS 03 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.
Face value :
50 CANS
Print : 300
Manufacturer : MONNAIE ROYALE CANADIENNE
Component : 99.95% PALLADIUM
Print : 300
Manufacturer : MONNAIE ROYALE CANADIENNE
Component : 99.95% PALLADIUM
SKU: 0623932255265
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