3/4 oz Special Edition Proof Silver Dollar - 100th Anniversary of the 1911 Silver Dollar (2011)

Description

Description In late 1911, the Ottawa Branch of the Royal Mint struck a trial one dollar coin in lead; two more were struck in silver by the Royal Mint in London, England. These three coins are among the rarest Canadian coins: the lead trial coin and one of the silver coins are now housed in the Currency Museum of the Bank of Canada in Ottawa, and the other is privately owned.The Currency Act of 1910 authorised the Ottawa Branch of the Royal Mint to strike one-dollar silver pieces, which it