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Description
Sample the best of the harvest season
Late summer to early fall is harvest season, which is the perfect time to sample all the flavours Canada has to offer. And for a picture-perfect getaway, consider a vineyard tour and tasting experience!
The ninth Fun & Festivities coin invites you to savour the moment at any of Canada?s award-winning wineries. Whether you fancy a sip of Niagara Cab Franc, Okanagan Syrah, Quebec Icewine or Nova Scotia?s Tidal Bay variety, our different wine regions serve up the best of Canadian food, drink and scenery, year-round.
KEY SPECIAL FEATURES:
Ninth coin in a 12-part series. This 12-coin series highlights some of the fun activities and festivities that proudly make Canada a four-season destination.
Subscribe today and get the complete series. Each subscription to the series guarantees you?ll get all 12 coins in the series?one for each month of the year in 2019. You?ll also get a FREE case to display your coins together as one complete set.
SPECIAL FEATURES:
Features a mix of engraving and colour. The central image on the reverse stands out thanks to the use of vibrant colours.
Stylized icons frame the reverse. A stylized icon represents each month?s theme on the reverse. Together, these engraved symbols form a frame that is the common design feature on all 12 coins in this series.
DID YOU KNOW?
There are more than 670 wineries across Canada ? from the big vineyards of our most prominent wine regions (Ontario, British Columbia, Quebec and Nova Scotia) to small fruit farms across Canada.
Canada?s first commercial winery was founded in 1866 on our southernmost point: Pelee Island, Ontario.
Canada is the world?s largest producer of high-quality ice wine. Naturally sweet and intensely flavoured, this dessert wine is made exclusively from Canadian-grown grapes (often of the Vidal variety) that have naturally frozen on the vine. The frozen grapes are only picked when the outdoor temperature is -8?C or less, and they are immediately pressed before the fruit can thaw.
DESIGN
The reverse design by Steve Hepburn steps into the heart of wine country, where the rolling hills are lined with fruit-laden grapevines. The grape clusters in the foreground hint at the bounty of the fall harvest season in Canada?s many vineyards and wineries. The image is framed by stylized icons that represent popular outdoor activities and sights in Canada: (clockwise from top) Niagara Falls; a Christmas tree; a rodeo; wine tasting; dogsledding; folk music; cherry blossoms; maple syrup tasting; whale watching; tulips; coastal drives; and the aurora borealis. The obverse features the year ?2019? and face value ?3 DOLLARS?, and the framed effigy of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II by Susanna Blunt.