Description
This 2014 $100 stunningly engraved, finely finished 100-Dollar gold coin celebrates the 150th Anniversary of the Charlottetown and Québec Conferences—important steps on Canada's path to nationhood. Mintage is limited to 2,500 coins.
The Design:
The reverse design by Luc Normandin features finely detailed images of the buildings in which the Charlottetown and Québec Conferences took place, inspired by nineteenth-century engravings. The top half of the design features the Charlottetown Colonial Building, now called Province House. In the lower half of the image, we see Québec Parliament Buildings that stood in the place now occupied by the Château Frontenac. Again bringing to life the intricate detail of the original engraving, this image presents the building from atop a cannon-lined battlement, overlooking the harbour at Cape Diamant. The two images are separated by a scroll featuring the text "CHARLOTTETOWN 1864 QUÉBEC."
