2024 Canada 5-cents Lost Designs from the Archives: Emanuel Hahn's Wheat 2oz Fine Silver (No Tax) rip in cardboard

2024 Canada 5-cents Lost Designs from the Archives: Emanuel Hahn's Wheat 2oz Fine Silver (No Tax)

Please note that there is a slight rip in the outer cardboard box

Exclusively available to Masters Club members, our Lost Designs from the Archives series brings to life some of the unused flora concepts submitted in a 1936 design competition for the Canadian coin series of 1937.

The second coin in this series presents another flora design from sculptor Emanuel Hahn (1881-1957). You’ve seen his art on the Voyageur and 1939 Royal Visit silver dollars, the caribou 25-cent piece and the Bluenose 10-cent coin, and his proposed trillium cent was featured on Coin #1 in the series. Coin #2 is a rare peek at what might have been if Hahn’s design had been chosen for another denomination: the five-cent coin. His hand-drawn sketch of a wheat-themed nickel has been pulled from the shadows of history and finally given a chance to shine on this 2 oz. 99.99% pure silver collectible, where the strong emphasis on symmetry offers further evidence of Hahn’s keen eye for balance and harmony.

Design

From the archives
From one of Canada’s most renowned sculptors, this coin’s reverse design was proposed by Emanuel Hahn—the artist behind the Voyageur dollar and more—but never selected to appear on a Canadian coin, until now.

A historical effigy
Further connecting the past and present, this coin’s obverse re-creates the effigy of King George V, as seen on coins issued in 1936, during the process to modernize Canada’s coins. The date “1936” also appears on the reverse.

Specifications:
RCM Number: 246368
Mintage: 2,500
Composition: 99.99% pure silver
Weight: 62.69g
Diameter: 50 mm
Face Value: 5-cents
Finish: Proof
Edge: Serrated
Artist: Emmanuel Hahn (reverse), Sir Edgar Bertram MacKennal (obverse)

Special Features

• Exclusively for Masters Club members. The designs that never were! Dig into the archives of Canadian history with this new series available only to Masters Club members, at a very limited mintage.
• Coin #2. Enjoy a return trip to the archives with Coin #2. This coin’s reverse re-creates another unused flora concept submitted in 1936 for new Canadian circulation coins that were ultimately released in 1937.
• 2 oz. silver. Precision-crafted in 2 oz. of 99.99% pure silver and featuring a luminous proof finish. Mintage is limited to just 2,500 coins.
• Includes serialized certificate. The Royal Canadian Mint certifies all of its collector coins. Your coin also comes with a serialized certificate and an art card featuring a reproduction of the original art.
• No GST/HST.

Packaging

The coin is encapsulated and presented in a Royal Canadian Mint-branded wood case with a graphic beauty box. It is accompanied by an art card featuring a reproduction of the original sketch, and a Masters Club certificate of authenticity.