All the ornate details of the original concept have been painstakingly re-created and adapted to fill both sides of this luminous 99.99% pure gold kilo coin. There's a timeless quality to the reverse, yet its elegant design predates the arms created for Canada a century ago.

It's a spellbinding snapshot of an era, and a fascinating glimpse of Canada's early attempts to express its identity.

• From the archives. In honour of the 100th anniversary of the Arms of Canada (1921-2021), we dug deep into Canada's heraldic past and Library and Archives Canada's collection to bring you this rare art treasure.
• High rarity, high visual appeal. Only 40 of these coins will ever be minted — an exceptionally low worldwide mintage.
  
• A gold kilo. Your coin is beautifully crafted in one kilogram of 99.99% pure gold and hand-polished to proof perfection.
• A centennial program. Part of a yearlong 100th anniversary celebration of the Arms of Canada.
• Includes serialized certificate. The Royal Canadian Mint certifies all of its collector coins.
• No GST/HST

A chaotic heraldic era: 1867-1921
After Confederation, Canada experienced a period of expansion that is reflected in the wildly different heraldic designs of the era. The four-province shield assigned to the Dominion of Canada in 1868 for useas the Great Seal was a popular starting point for artists and amateur heralds: some surrounded it with Canadian art elements; others augmented it with the emblems of each new province and territory, resulting in a chaotic shield with up to nine quarterings. The different iterations appeared on documents, postcards, dishes and other memorabilia; and it was this lack of consensus that inspired the formation of a committee in 1919 to obtain new armorial bearings.

Credit: Library and ArchivesCanada, Acc. No. 1941-35-1