Description

Canada.

125th Anniversary  -  International Polar Year.

Twenty dollars 2007.

Obverse: Queen Elizabeth II right.

Legend: D . G . REGINA . ELIZABETH II

Reverse: The coins prominently feature Sir Martin Frobisher who, in 1576, was the first to attempt to discover the Northwest Passage aboard the Gabriel. A ship appears alongside a 16th century compass and an Inuit paddling a traditional kayak.

Royal Canadian mint, Ottawa, mintage 9,163.

Silver: 0.925, 27.78g, 40mm. (Bullion 0.826 Troy ounces).

Catalogue: KM# 737.

Finnish; Proof.