General Information

Serial #

537

Part Number

4

Total Parts

4

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

Cardboard

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

11.0 cm

Width

18.4 cm

Height

3.6 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Railway Transportation

Category

Commemorative

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Mint CA

Country

Unknown

State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

Purchased new

Canada

As per curatorial worksheet "The construction of the CP railway line was a promise made to persuade British Columia to enter into the Confederation by joining the commerce between the west and the east. Between 1880 and 1885, thousands of Chinese workers came from China to work on the project, as cheap labor, particularly to build the extremely difficult line from Yale to Eagle Pass, B.C. Many died in accidents occuring during the construction or from sickness."

Function

Coins made to commemorate Chinese railway workers.

Technical

As per curatorial worksheet "The construction of the CP railway line was a major project to undertake in the 19th century because of British Columbia's geography. It presented technological challenges.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

Print reads, front of bob "ROYAL CANADIAN MONT/ MONNAIE ROYALE CANADIENNE". Label on box '2005 Comm. of Chinese/ Railway Workers Set/ Ensemble 2005./ commemorant les/ travailleurs chinois/ du rail". Print on back of box "WWW.MINT.CA[/] WWW.MONNAIE.CA/ 1-800-267-1871 (Canada)[/] 1-800-268-6468 (U.S.A.)".

Missing

Appears complete

Finish

Black cardboard box with royal print.

Decoration

Maple leaf logo