Enjoy a new view of the Great Lakes on this 5 oz. pure silver coin featuring a custom map of all five lakes.

All the traditional map features can be found on this coin: borders, roads, urban centres, and even longitude and latitude lines on both sides. For added realism, colour over engraved relief denotes changes in land elevation throughout the Great Lakes region, where the most famous drop occurs at Niagara Falls.

Each colour represents a different land cover: three shades of green to represent different forest types, blue/green represents wetland, pink represents urban space, yellow to represent farmland and lastly red lines indicate roadways.

Designed by artist and Canadian Geographic cartographer, Chris Brackley, this coin’s reverse features a magnificent custom map of the Great Lakes region, rendered to a scale of “1:22 000 000”. All five lakes (Superior, Michigan, Huron, Erie and Ontario) have a luminous silver appearance thanks to a mirror-like (brilliant) finish, while their names appear as frosted elements.

Good to know

99.99% pure silver
GST/HST exempt
Qualifies for free shipping
Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada

Product # 245737

$50 Pure Silver Coin - Great Lakes Tribute (2021)