2011 $10 Fine Silver Coin - Highway of Heroes

2011 $10 Fine Silver Coin - Highway of Heroes

Includes outer sleeve, box, and COA

The 172-kilometer stretch of Highway 401 between Trenton and Toronto is officially known as the Highway of Heroes where fallen Canadian soldiers are returned to the Canadian Forces Base in Trenton, Ontario. This passageway marks the solemn journey of fallen soldiers and their families to the Centre for Forensic Sciences in Toronto, and preparation for their final resting place. The official designation for this stretch of highway was borne of a spontaneous and unprecedented grassroots movement inspired by the thousands of Canadians who, since 2002, have gathered of their own volition along the roadways and overpasses of this route to pay tributeto those who have given their lives for our nation. 

Specifications:
Product Number: 116742
Mintage: 25,000
Composition: 99.99% pure silver
Weight: 15.87 g
Edge: serrated
Certificate: serialized
Face Value: 10 dollars
Finish: proof
Artist: Royal Canadian Mint engraver Stan Witten, in collaboration with Major Carl Gauthier (reverse), Susanna Blunt (obve rse)

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