1/2 oz Gold Coin - 2025 Tall Ships: Three-masted Schooner – Royal Canadian Mint .9999 Au

Unlike the topsail schooner (Coin 3), the type of vessel depicted on this fourth 99.99% pure gold Tall Ships coin doesn’t carry square topsails; instead, a three-masted (or tern) schooner’s sails are fitted in a fore-and-aft line that enables the ship to have a better windward performance. Between 1880 and 1920, hundreds of tern schooners were launched from shipyards throughout Atlantic Canada. Built with a high carrying capacity and smaller crew requirements, the terns supplanted the square-rigged ships as the backbone of the coastal trade by the end of the 19th century, when these were the wind-powered equivalent to the freight trucks of today.

Coin #4 – Add this three-master to your fleet.

Special features

• Fourth coin in the series. The annual Tall Ships series of pure gold coins celebrates the legendary vessels that drew international acclaim for Canada’s shipyards and contributed to our rich maritime heritage.
• Back to Canada’s age of sail. Each instalment showcases a different type of tall ship or sail plan, beginning with the brigantine (2022) and continuing with the full-rigged ship (2023), the topsail schooner (2024), and now the three-masted (tern) schooner.
• A maritime legacy. Every Tall Ships coin is an expertly engraved and exquisitely detailed portrait of Canada’s past. These are the wooden ships that shaped the course of Canada’s history, and serve as a testament to a proud seafaring and shipbuilding legacy.
• Pure gold portrait. Your low-mintage (800) coin is crafted from 99.99% pure gold, with a mirror-like finish that lights up the engraved art on the coin’s reverse.
• A popular theme. A prestigious addition to any collection, especially a gold, history or nautical-themed one.
• Includes serialized certificate. The Royal Canadian Mint certifies all of its collector coins.
• No GST/HST.

Packaging

Your coin is encapsulated and presented in a black Royal Canadian Mint-branded clamshell with a black beauty box.