200 Dollars - Elizabeth II Samuel de Champlain

Reverse

Indian and Samuel de Champlain standing next to canoes.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
CANADA
2014
200 DOLLARS
GG

Designer: Glen Green

Edge

Serrated

Comment

ABOUT SAMUEL DE CHAMPLAIN – The Father of New France
Born the sun of a sea captain on France's western shore, Samuel de Champlain became a renowned explorer, navigator, cartographer and administrator.

In 1603, he was charged with mapping the New World and finding a western route to the Orient. Building upon JacquesCartier's achievements from 1535, Champlain made the first attempts at permanent settlement and, in 1608, he built a habitation that eventually becameQuébec City.

From 1608 to 1616, Champlain deepened trading relations with First Nations people. As he began to explore the westerninterior with Aboriginal guides, his quest for new territory was slowed by demands for permanent settlement and by his growing role as Lieutenant General of New France.

By the time of Champlain's death in 1635, the first Québécois settlers were beginning to arrive.

COIN DESIGN
Though there is no known confirmed portrait of Champlain, the coinimage presents him as he is frequently portrayed in artistic depictions: with long dark hair, long moustache and trimmed beard, sporting a feathered cap, jacket and pantaloons ofthe era.

In his right hand, Champlain carries his astrolabe, famously thought to have been lost on aportage through the Calumet rapids near Cobden, Ontario—though this story has been largely discredited.

In his left, he holds a notebook, believed to have held his maps and drawings.

Behind the portrait is Champlain's birch-bark canoe, replete with supplies and paddles. His back turned to the waterway and distant tree-lined shore behind him.

A First Nations guide stands to his left with his own supply-filled canoe, holding a paddle in his right hand. His long hair sports two feathers, and he wears a buckskin loincloth, footwear and arm straps.

PACKAGING
 • Encapsulated and presented in a maroon clamshell with a black beauty box.
 • Comes with a serialized certificate – your proof of ownership and evidence your coin was individually inspected

Interesting fact

Price

Date	Mintage	VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
2014	885	-	-	-	-	-	-

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