The Use of Seated Imagery in Numismatics
North America

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Coin Details

Origin/Country: CANADA - 1968 TO DATE
Item Description: S$20 2010 FIRST CANADIAN BANKNOTE 75TH ANNIVERSARY
Full Grade: NGC PF 69 ULTRA CAMEO
Owner: coinsbygary

Set Details

Custom Sets: The Use of Seated Imagery in Numismatics
Competitive Sets: Gary's Canadian 20's   Score: 487
Research: NGC Coin Price Guide
NGC World Coin Census

Owner Comments:

These owner comments come by way of Talisman Coins:

The Bank of Canada began operating 75 years ago in 1935 and was given responsibility to regulate the country’s money supply and to “promote the economic and financial welfare of Canada.” Accordingly, it was given the exclusive right to issue Canada’s bank notes. On March 11, 1935, the Bank of Canada issued its first series of bank notes.

This coin depicts the seated Goddess of Agriculture and Farming. Resting leisurely on a large, undressed stone and clothed in a very comfortable toga, Agriculture holds a honey dipper, dripping with honey, in her left hand. At her feet kneels an agrarian farmer, who pours grain from his hand into a sack, while behind her a tree is burdened with ripe fruit. A sheaf of wheat and a low, stone wall such as separates farm fields complete the vignette. This scene is taken directly from the vignette depicted on the back side of the Bank of Canada 1935 Twenty Dollar Bank Note.

Country: Canada
Year of Issue: 2010
Face Value: 20 Dollars
Weight: 31.39 g
Diameter: 38.00 mm
Mintage Limit: 7,500
Finish: Proof
Composition: .9999 Fine (Pure) Silver
Edge: Serrated (milled, reeded)
Artist: Royal Canadian Mint Engravers
Certificate: Individually Numbered (#4489 / 7500)

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