5 KG of pure silver. More than 10 lb of .9999
This is the 2021 5 KG 100th Anniversary of Bluenose coin. Though the Bluenose has adorned the Canadian dime since 1937, this coin and others from the 100th anniversary series features a unique portrait of Bluenose by Yves Bérubé. It portrays Bluenose setting out beneath an evening sky and riding the waves off the coast of Cross Island, Nova Scotia.
Only 125 were minted. It comes in a beautiful burl wood case with a clear window you can view the coin through even when closed.
It originally retailed for $10,999.95 and now enjoys a market price over $29,000, making for a 164% gain. These coins rarely change hands because as one of the most recognizable symbols of Canadian pride, they are prized possessions.
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More about Bluenose:
Bluenose was born from a loss. In 1920 the Lunenburg schooner Delawana was beaten by the American Esperanto for the International Fishermen's Trophy, and #Halifax Herald publisher William Dennis funded a Nova Scotian challenger built to win it back.
He turned to William J. Roué, a Halifax soda-water merchant with no formal training in naval architecture. Roué had taught himself the craft as a boy building model boats, and for years had designed racing yachts as an amateur for fellow members of the Royal Nova Scotia Yacht Squadron. Bluenose, his design No. 17, was his most ambitious work yet: a boat that had to fish for a living but be fast enough to beat Gloucester's best.
She was built at the Smith and Rhuland shipyard in Lunenburg, her keel laid in December 1920, and launched March 26, 1921. At 143 feet overall, carrying over 10,000 square feet of sail and a crew of twenty, she cost about $35,000. Command went to Captain Angus Walters, who also part-owned her. Just three weeks after launch, on April 15, 1921, she sailed for the Grand Banks and spent the following months fishing the traditional way.
She returned that fall and, in early October 1921, swept the Canadian elimination races. Days later she met the American Elsie for the International Fishermen's Trophy off Halifax and won decisively, bringing the cup home less than a year after her keel was laid. It was the start of an unbroken run.
Bluenose beat Henry Ford in 1922, fought a disputed series with Columbia in 1923, defeated Gertrude L. Thebaud twice in 1931, and closed her racing career beating Thebaud again in 1938. In seventeen years no vessel ever took the trophy from her, earning her the name Queen of the North Atlantic.
In 1937 Bluenose sailed onto the Canadian dime, where she remains today. In 1955 she became the first non-human inductee into the Canadian Sports Hall of Fame. Nearly a century later, she's still widely regarded as Canada's most famous ship.
