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Design for 5 cent Coin

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Item

Date:

1926

Reference:

R726-17-X-E, Box number: A286-01/X2

Type of material:

Art

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

2970993

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Royal Canadian Mint fonds

Numismatics products

Design engraving

Design for 5 cent Coin
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Record information – Details

Date(s):

1926

Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

1 drawing : pencil
Support 58.400 x 36.800 cm

Language of material:

no language

Scope and content:

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The design depicts a heraldic lion wearing a crown and holding a maple leaf in its paw. The background is composed of stylized waves and the foreground shows pine trees and a pine bough.

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Artist: Unknown

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Note on the state of conservation:

November 1976 - the work is soiled, marked, smudged and creased (lower edge).

Signatures and inscriptions note:

Inscribed. Dated., Inscription: Inscribed recto: top to bottom "5 CENTS 1927 // 1867 // 1927 / A MARI / USQUE / AD MARE" in pencil; l.l. "GO HOME BAY" in pen and ink., Inscription: Inscription sheet: glued to recto l.r. of drawing "A 'LION NICKEL' / A complement to the 'Buffalo nickel' of our neighbors. / An adaption of the crest of the / Dominion Arms" typewritten.

Source:

Government

Other accession no.:

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1976-091 PIC
00017
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Graphic (art)

[Consultation90 Open]

Box [1976-091]

[Consultation 90 Open]

A286-01/X2 Item no. assigned by LAC 17

[Consultation 90 Open]

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Credit: Library and Archives Canada, Acc. No. 1976-91-17 Public Records Division, Royal Mint Collection (RG 120).

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