1 Dollar - Elizabeth II WWI Armistice

Reverse

3 numbers set above a grand staircase, lettering on 3 upper steps, designers initials (JD) to right of top stair. Surrounded by peace laurels rising near edge from a circled maple leaf on lower steps. Sun with rays in background

Script: Latin

Lettering:
11· 11 · 11
JD
CANADA
1918 -2018
DOLLAR

Designer: Jamie Desrochers

Edge

Reeded

Comment

November 11, 1918: A date synonymous with peace and remembrance in the minds of Canadians. On that day 100 years ago, the armistice signed near Compiègne, France, went into effect at 11 a.m., marking the end of hostilities and unleashing a wave of relief across a world that was thirsting for peace after four long, devastating years of war. At the same moment, in Canada, Alice Métivier (1918-2005) was baptised in St-Henri, Québec according to the Roman Catholic tradition.

We commemorate the centennial of the Armistice of 1918 with a symbolic celebration of peace. The selectively gold-plated reverse of our 2018 Special Edition Proof Dollar harkens back to coins from that era, with a classically styled design featuring peace laurels and Corinthian-styled columns that form the number “11”—a number that carries great historical weight here as a group of three, to represent the moment when a great silence fell over the battlefields of the First World War.

Did you know…
The Armistice represented a ceasefire, not the formal end of the First World War—that came with the signing of the Treaty of Versailles on June 28, 1919.
In the early morning hours of November 11, German and Allied representatives met in a railcar near Compiègne, France, to sign the armistice. The agreement came into effect six hours later, at 11 a.m. Paris time.
“Armistice Day” was first observed in 1919—in fact, from 1919 to 1930, Armistice Day and Thanksgiving were celebrated on the same day in Canada. In 1931, a bill was passed to move Thanksgiving to October and give Armistice Day (re-named Remembrance Day to honour the combatants) a fixed date of November 11.

Packaging:
Your coin is encapsulated and presented in a Royal Canadian Mint-branded maroon clamshell with a black beauty box.

Interesting fact

Price

Date	Mintage	VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
2018	15000	-	-	-	-	-	-

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