2025 Canada 5 oz Silver Emanuel Hahn's Sketch: Royal Visit

This massive five ounce silver coin offers a rare glimpse into the creative process of Canadian numismatic history. Struck on an exceptionally thin and wide blank, the piece showcases the preliminary concepts of artist Emanuel Hahn. The reverse design is modeled directly after Hahn's original pencil drawing for the 1939 Royal Visit, an artifact preserved in the Bank of Canada's National Currency Collection. What makes this issue particularly compelling is its faithful reproduction of the artist's working draft. The surface displays Hahn's initial lettering guidelines and even preserves an incorrect Latin inscription, 'REGEM ET REGINAM CANADA SALVAT', which was modified before the final 1939 silver dollar and commemorative medallions were released. The central design features a detailed map of Canada that traces the historic path of the 1939 Royal Tour, flanked by the Arms of Canada shield, the year 1939, and the national motto 'A MARI VSQUE AD MARE'. In keeping with the historical theme, the obverse of this 2025 issue features the portrait of King George VI, designed by Thomas Humphrey Paget. Crafted from 0.9999 fine silver with a proof finish, this coin bridges the gap between modern minting technology and early twentieth-century hand-drawn artistry, limited to a mintage of just 1,350 pieces.