Canada 10 Dollars Silver Coin 2015 Toronto Maple Leafs
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National Hockey League - NHL - Canadian Teams
This 2015 $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 Toronto Maple Leafs, 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 Toronto Maple Leafs 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 Toronto Maple Leafs:
The franchise was founded in 1917, and in 1919, the NHL transferred the franchise to new owners who dubbed the team the Toronto St. Patricks. The franchise was sold again in 1926, and the name was changed again, to the Toronto Maple Leaf Hockey Club. The Maple Leafs have won thirteen Stanley Cup championships, second only to the twenty-four championships of their primary rival, the Montreal Canadiens. Much to the despair of their large and enthusiastic fanbase, they won their last championship in 1967. The Leafs are the most valuable franchise in the NHL. Notable Hockey Hall of Famers amongst the Leafs are Johnny Bower, Frank Mahovlich, and Darryl Sittler.
The Toronto Maple Leafs
The Maple Leafs are a professional ice hockey team based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. They are members of the Northeast Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League (NHL). The organization, one of the "Original Six" members of the NHL, is officially known as the Toronto Maple Leaf Hockey Club and is the leading subsidiary of Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment Ltd. (MLSE). They have played at at the Air Canada Centre (ACC) since 1999, after 68 years at the storied Maple Leaf Gardens.
The Leafs, as they called by their fans, are well known for their long and bitter rivalry with the Montreal Canadiens, and more recent rivalry with the Ottawa Senators. The franchise has won a total of 13 Stanley Cups: eleven as the Leafs, one as the Toronto St. Patricks, and one as the Toronto Arenas.
Assessed at $413 million in 2007, the Maple Leafs are the most valuable team in the NHL, followed by the New York Rangers and the Detroit Red Wings. Many NHL Hall of Famers have played for the Leafs over the years, including Darryl Sittler, Dave Keon and Ted Kennedy.
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