Canada 20 Dollars Silver Coin 1994 Curtiss HS-2L Seaplane

Canada 20 Dollars Silver Coin 1994 Stuart Graham & Curtiss HS-2L SeaplaneCanada 20 Dollars Silver Coin 1994 Queen Elizabeth II

Canada 20 Dollars Silver Coin 1994 Curtiss HS-2L Seaplane
Aviation Commemoratives

Obverse: Profile portrait of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II created in 1990 and notable for the grand jewelled tiara and a beautiful string of pearls, this royal effigy was designed by Canadian artist Dora de Pedery-Hunt.
Lettering: ELIZABETH II D·G·REGINA · 1994 ·

Reverse: Curtiss HS-2L Flying Boat on aerial patrol. Portrait of Stuart Graham in 24-karat gold-plated cameo, denomination below.
Lettering: CANADA 20 DOLLARS RRC.
Engraver: John Mardon.
Edge: Reeded & Plain Sections.

Diameter: 38 mm.
Weight: 31.103 g.
Material: Silver.
Fineness: 0.925.
Denomination: 20 Canadian Dollars.
Produced By: Royal Canadian Mint.


Curtiss HS-2L Flying Boat
Curtiss HS-2L Flying Boat - One of the earliest fire patrol aircraft, the H-Boat, as it was called, provided fire observers, (who sat in the open cockpit at the forward end), with a panoramic view of the land below. It was a large wood and canvas flying boat used widely for aerial detection patrols from 1919 to the early 1930s. The H-boat had serious drawbacks: it was not reliable, and it was not easy to handle.

Stuart Graham
Stuart Graham
Stuart Graham, aviator (b at Boston, Mass 2 Sept 1896; d at Port Charlotte, Fla 16 July 1976). Raised and educated in NS, he served in the Royal Naval Air Service, patrolling shipping lanes in flying boats. He was Canada's first professional peacetime pilot and his forestry patrol near Grand-Mère is regarded as the beginning of BUSH FLYING in Canada. He was decorated by Emperor Haile Selassie for organizing civil aviation in Ethiopia.










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