Mintage: Only 100,000. Composition: 99.99% pure silver. Weight: 7.96 g. Celebrating Hudson’s Bay Company (HBC) andits 350 years of history, which are beautifully embodied on this Voyageur dollar-inspired coin. Incorporated in 1670, Hudson’s Bay Company (HBC) is Canada’s oldest company. Partnerships with First Nations, Inuit and Métis led to its success during the fur trade era. And as Canada began to take shape, HBCevolved along with it: its commercial pursuits werea crucial part of Canada’s earliest industries and development; its trading posts became Canada’s cities and towns; and its fur-trading empire evolved intothe modern retail giant of today. The reverse was inspired by the Voyageur dollar introducedin 1935 and designed by Emanuel Hahn. The engravedimage features six explorers paddling a canoe in rough waters after exchanging goods at the Hudson’s Bay Company trading post, which appears behind the pine trees in the distance. The reverse also includes the word “CANADA” near the curved rim, while the face value “5 DOLLARS” and the year “2020″ are inscribed below. The obverse features the effigy of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II by Susanna Blunt. Signed by King Charles II on May 2, 1670, the Royal Charter is preserved at HBC’s corporate headquarters in Toronto. It granted exclusive trading rights to the Governor and Company of Adventurers of Englandtrading into Hudson Bay. Until 1970, the Royal Charter included a clause requiring HBC to pay the British Crown a periodic rent of two Elks and two Black beavers. The Rent Ceremony has only occurred four times since1670: in 1927, 1939, 1959 and 1970. If you look closely at a Voyageur dollar, you’ll spot the initials “HBC” on one of the bundles tucked inside the canoe. Your coin comes in a full-colour custom folder that will catch everyone’s attention.
