Canada 10 Dollars Silver Coin 2015 Montreal Canadiens
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This 2015 Montreal Canadiens $10 fine silver coin is one of seven in a new series from the Royal Canadian Mint that celebrates the Canadian franchises of the National Hockey League (NHL). Hockey's beloved status in Canada makes it "our game."
The obverse features the effigy of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II by Susanna Blunt.
The reverse of the coin pays homage to the Montreal Canadiens, with their logo tucked neatly to the left side of the coin, while a silhouette of an advancing hockey player speeding across the ice towards the viewer is seen on the right. The colours of the Montreal Canadiens are brought to life through the use of advanced "sheer effect" colourization that makes the colours flash fantastically under the light. This coin boasts a reverse-proof finish, with text indicating the face value of "10 DOLLARS", the country "CANADA" and the date "2015" circling the rim.
The coin is struck in a half-ounce of 99.99% fine silver, and boasts an unusually low mintage of only 5,000 pieces. As a pure silver coin struck by the Royal Canadian Mint, this item is GST/HST exempt.
Mintage: 5000.
Composition: 99.99% pure silver.
Finish: reverse proof.
Weight: 15.87 g.
Diameter: 34 mm.
Edge: serrated.
Face value: 10 Canadian Dollars.
Artist: Anderson (reverse), Susanna Blunt (obverse).
Manufacturer: Royal Canadian Mint.
The Montreal Canadiens:
French nicknames for the team include Les Canadiens and Les Habitants, while the team's main English nickname is the Habs, an abbreviation of "Les Habitants". Founded in 1909, the Canadiens are the longest continuously operating professional ice hockey team, as well as one of the oldest North American sports franchises. The Canadiens have won the Stanley Cup more times than any other franchise, winning 24 championships. In 2008, a year which also marked their 100th anniversary, the Canadiens won 5–2 over the Florida Panthers to become the first team in NHL history to reach 3,000 victories. Notable Montreal Canadien players include Maurice "Rocket" Richard, Ken Dryden, Guy LaFleur and Patrick Roy.
The Montreal Canadiens
The Canadiens are easily one of the most successful and storied professional hockey teams of all time. Based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, they are members of the Northeast Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League (NHL). The club is officially known as Le Club de Hockey Canadien. In English, the team's main nickname is the Habs (from "Les Habitants"). The French spelling Canadiens is always used in English (never "Canadians").
Founded in 1909, eight years before the founding of the NHL, the Canadiens are the oldest continuously-operating professional ice hockey team and the only continuously-operating club to predate the league. They are considered one of the "Original Six" teams. The team's championship season in 1992-93 still marks the last time that a Canadian team won the Stanley Cup.
The Canadiens have won 24 Stanley Cups (including their first in 1916, before the NHL existed), more than any other team. On a percentage basis, as of 2008, the franchise has won 26% of all Stanley Cup championships contested after the Challenge Cup era, making it one of the most successful professional sports teams of the traditional four major sports of Canada and the United States.
The Canadiens currently play their home games at the Bell Centre (named the Molson Centre until 2003). The team formerly played at the famous Montreal Forum. The Forum was considered a veritable shrine to hockey fans everywhere, and housed the team for seven decades and all but their first two Stanley Cup championships. Forty-two NHL Hall of Famers played for the Habs (more than for any other team), including Jacques Plante, Maurice "Rocket" Richard, Georges Vezina, Patrick Roy and Guy Lafleur.
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