1996 Canadian 1 Dollar Silver Proof - KM# 274  McIntosh Apple

Description

1975 1-Dollar Canadian Specimen
1996
Canadian
One Dollar
Silver Proof
The
McIntosh
,
McIntosh Red
, or colloquially the
Mac
is an apple cultivar, the national apple of Canada. The fruit has red and green skin, a tart flavour, and tender white flesh, which ripens in late September. In the 20th century it was the most popular cultivar in Eastern Canada and New England, and is considered an all-purpose apple, suitable both for cooking and eating raw. Apple Inc. employee Jef Raskin named the Macintosh line of personal computers after the fruit.
John McIntosh discovered the original McIntosh sapling on his Dundela farm in Upper Canada in 1811. He and his wife bred it, and the family started grafting the tree and selling the fruit in 1835. In 1870, it entered commercial production, and became common in northeastern North America after 1900. While still important in production, the fruit's popularity fell in the early 21st century in the face of competition from varieties such as the Gala. According to the US Apple Association website it is one of the fifteen most popular apple cultivars in the United States.
Canada Dollar KM# 274
McIntosh Apples
Specifications
Composition: Silver
Comp:
0.9250
Weight:
25.1750 g.
ASW:
0.7487oz
Diameter:
36mm
Mintage:
133,779
Design
Obverse:
Crowned head right
Reverse:
Apple, dates and denomination below
Reverse Designer:
Roger Hill
Notes
Subject:
McIntosh Apple
Ruler:
Elizabeth II
DATE
ITEM ID#
CONDITION-DESCRIPTION
PERSONAL
GRADE
EVALUATION
CATALOG
VALUE
1996
CPC29
1 Dollar - Silver Proof
Coin has been inspected under a microscope - no defects or blemishes were detected
BU+++++++++
Perfect
1610.00
in 2009
KM# 274 DOLLAR Weight: 25.1750 g. Comp.: 0.9250 Silver 0.7487 oz. ASW Ruler:
Elizabeth II Subject: McIntosh Apple Obv.: Crowned head right Rev.: Apple, dates and
denomination below Rev. Des.: Roger Hill Size: 36 mm.
TAKEN FROM THE - 2009 Standard Catalog of World Coins
Date                 Mintage      MS-          P/L      Proof-
1996                 58,834       16.50        —         —
1996 Proof      133,779         —           —       24.00
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