Canada 10 Dollars Silver Coin 2015 Winnipeg Jets
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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 coloured reverse features a stylized silhouette of a hockey player on a rink, along with the Winnipeg Jets™ logo coloured in the official team colours. 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 5000 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 Winnipeg Jets
The Jets have returned to Winnipeg! After a fifteen year absence, NHL hockey will be played in the far north once again! The new Jets are members of the Southeast Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League, as they were for the 2010-11 season, when they were known as the Atlanta Thrashers.
As the Atlanta Thrashers, the team played in Atlanta, Georgia until purchased by True North Sports and Entertainment in 2011. With approval by the NHL Board of Governors, the team was relocated to Winnipeg prior to the 2011–-2012 NHL season. Following the move, the team adopted the name of Winnipeg's original WHA/NHL team (which moved to Phoenix and became the Coyotes in 1996). The Jets play their home games at the MTS Centre in downtown Winnipeg.
The announcement came in May 2011 - the Winnipeg Jets were returning to the NHL in the 2011-2012 Season. Jubilant fans filled the streets in celebration. Even though fifteen years had passed since Winnipeg’s last NHL team, the bond between the city and its cherished Jets remains as strong as ever.
The Winnipeg Jets were born as part of the World Hockey Association (WHA), a professional league founded in 1972 to advance the game by establishing teams in markets previously overlooked by the NHL (which had dominated the sport in North America since 1917).
The WHA was short-lived. By 1979, the majority of its teams had been dissolved, but its most successful, the Winnipeg Jets, moved to the NHL where it continued to play in Winnipeg until 1996, when it moved to Phoenix and was renamed the Coyotes. Now, enthusiastic fans are eagerly waiting for Winnipeg’s hockey renaissance to take off.
Updating the team’s logo to bring its name into the 21st century was an important part of that revival. The military jet that has been a visual element of the logo since 1972 has been brought to the forefront to highlight Canada’s rich aviation heritage. Shades of military blue and silver are enhanced with a touch of maple leaf red - a telltale sign this team will soar on the wings of true hockey passion.
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