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''Recorded mintage:'' 354,222.
 
''Recorded mintage:'' 354,222.
  
''Specification:'' 33.63 g, .925 fine silver, 1.000 troy oz ASW.
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''Specification:'' 33.63 g, 0.925 fine silver, 1.000 troy oz ASW.
  
 
''Catalog reference:'' KM 146.
 
''Catalog reference:'' KM 146.

Revision as of 19:36, 23 August 2023

from the Mountain Groan Collection
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This type was struck in 1985 to promote the Winter Olympics in Calgary. It was accompanied by another one ounce silver coin featuring a ski jumper (KM 145). In all, ten different designs were issued 1985-87. None circulated, even when the bullion value fell below the twenty dollar face value.

Recorded mintage: 354,222.

Specification: 33.63 g, 0.925 fine silver, 1.000 troy oz ASW.

Catalog reference: KM 146.

Source:

  • Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
  • Cross, W. K., The Charlton Standard Catalogue of Canadian Coins, 55th Ed., Toronto: Charlton International, 2001.

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