2024 - $1 - Fine Silver Coin – Emanuel Hahn's Original Sketch: Parliament

Get a glimpse of the creative process behind the 1939 silver dollar.

Another Mint first! We're simultaneously honouring history and making history with this innovative thin 5 oz. coin, which brings you an engraved representation of Emanuel Hahn's original sketch of the 1939 silver dollar. Working off the hand-drawn mock-up preserved in the National Currency Collection of the Bank of Canada, engravers have painstakingly re-created Hahn's preliminary “Parliament” art concept for the commemoration of the royal visit of King George VI—whose effigy appears on the obverse—and Queen Elizabeth. Every pencil mark, and even the fold lines of the original paper document, are etched upon your coin's reverse, where the relief—struck incuse for that hand-drawn look—honours both the artist and the artwork that holds historical significance.

Drawn by Hahn: Enjoy an “early” view of the 1939 silver dollar.


SPECIFICATIONS
Product Number 245219
Mintage 1,350
Composition 99.99% pure silver
Weight 158.5 g
Diameter 110 mm
Edge Serrated
Face Value $1
Finish Antique finish
Packaging Black clamshell with black beauty box
Artist 2024 - $1 - Pièce de 1 $ en argent fin – Esquisse originale d'Emanuel Hahn : ParlementEmanuel Hahn (reverse), T. H. Paget (obverse)