2014 - 2015 - CANADA - $15 - EXPLORING CANADA SET of 10 coins
Mint condition
 
As long as there have been people on Earth, there have been explorers—pioneering individuals with one eye trained on the horizon, eager to know what lies beyond and always ready to break a new trail towards the future. This outstanding 10-coin set is dedicated to important periods of explorations in Canada's history.

• Mintage: 15,000 (each)
• Diameter: 36.07 mm (each)
• Weight: 23.17 g (each)
 
Coins included:
• The Voyageurs: this coin features an energizing design of five men shooting the rapids aboard a birch-bark canoe that typified the fur trade
• Gold Rush: this coin features a beautifully detailed design of two prospectors on a quest for gold
• The Arctic Expedition: this coin features a powerful design that captures the essence of early Arctic exploration
• The Vikings: this coin features an imposing Viking ship coming ashore on the rocky coast of Vinland
• The West Coast Exploration: this coin features an inspiring design that honours the many seaborne expeditions that explored the West Coast during the 18th century with a special tribute to George Vancouver (1757–1798)
• The Pioneering Mapmakers: this coin honours the countless cartographers who contributed to the map of Canada, with a design featuring David Thompson (1770–1857), celebrated as North America's "greatest geographer"
• Wild Rivers: this coin salutes the countless adventurers who braved Canada's wild rivers
• Building the Canadian Pacific Railway: this coin features a dynamic design that salutes the 30,000 workers who completed Canada's transcontinental railway with a scene that best embodies the grueling and dangerous nature of this gargantuan project—laying track through the mountains
• Scientific Exploration: this coin features a dynamic design of three paleontologists excavating a fossilized Gorgosaurus libratus skull
• Space Exploration: this coin features a dynamic design celebrating Canada's role in space with a quintessential image of modern space exploration—two astronauts on a spacewalk outside a space shuttle
 
Set Includes all this coin:
2015 $15 Space Exploration
2015 $15 Scientific Exploration
2015 $15 Building the Canadian Pacific Railway
2015 $15 The Wild Rivers Exploration
2014 $15 The Voyageurs
2014 $15 The Gold Rush
2014 $15 The Arctic Expedition
2014 $15 The Vikings
2014 $15 The West Coast Exploration
2014 $15 The Pioneering Mapmakers