Voyageur Dollar (Paperback)

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Voyageur Dollar was a coin of Canada struck for circulation in silver from 1935 to 1966, and as a commemorative in 2003. A nickel version was struck from 1968 to 1987. In 1987, the coin was replaced by the loonie. The coin remains legal tender.In 1911, after lengthy debate, the first Canadian silver dollar was struck. Two remain, one in a museum, the other in private hands and recently auctioned for $1.4 million.In 1935, a commemorative silver dollar was struck for the King George V's Silver Jubilee. It showed the King on the obverse and a canoe containing a voyageur, or unlicensed fur trader (and a native man), on the reverse. The canoe also contains two bundles of furs-on one, the initials HB, for Hudson's Bay Company may be seen. The reverse was designed by Emanuel Hahn.