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fwo_635210 - CANADA 1 Dollar Centenaire de la Gendarmerie royale du Canada 1973

CANADA 1 Dollar Centenaire de la Gendarmerie royale du Canada 1973  MS
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Price : 25.00 €
Type : 1 Dollar Centenaire de la Gendarmerie royale du Canada
Date: 1973
Quantity minted : 1031271
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 500 ‰
Diameter : 32 mm
Weight : 23,40 g.
Edge : cannelée
Coments on the condition:
dans son coffret, patine
Catalogue references :

Obverse


Obverse legend : ELIZABETH II - D. G. REGINA.
Obverse description : Buste d’Elisabeth II à droite.

Reverse


Reverse legend : CANADA DOLLAR // 1873-1973.
Reverse description : policier à cheval de la Gendarmerie royale du Canada.

Commentary


Cette monnaie commémore le centenaire de la création de la Police Montée du Nord-Ouest le 23 mai 1873. Initialement destinée à pacifier le Nord-Ouest du Canada, elle devient une force de police fédérale en 1920 sous le nom de Gendarmerie Royale du Canada.

Historical background


CANADA

On February 15, 1965, on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, the ceremony to unveil the Canadian flag took place, in the presence of Governor General Georges Vanier, Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson and Cabinet members, as well as thousands of citizens. First descend the Red Ensign, bearing the Union Jack and the shield of the Royal Arms of Canada. Then, at the stroke of noon, we hoist the maple leaf. The crowd then sings the national anthem O Canada followed by the royal anthem God save the Queen. The words spoken that day by Maurice Bourget, President of the Senate, give an even more symbolic meaning to this flag: "The flag is the symbol of the unity of the nation, because it represents without a shadow of a doubt all citizens of Canada, without distinction of race, language, creed or opinion". The second largest country in the world by area, Canada occupies most of North America. It stretches east to west from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and north to the Arctic Ocean and it shares two borders with the United States to the south and northwest (Alaska). First occupied by Aboriginal peoples, the country was born from the union of three British colonies, which were French colonies at the time of New France.. Today it is a federal state of ten provinces and three territories. Canada gained its independence from the United Kingdom peacefully in a process that spanned from 1867 to 1982.

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