2008 1oz $20 AGRICULTURE TRADE FINE SILVER COIN

For as long as humans have walked the earth, they have drawn their sustenance from the land. Early hunters and gatherers made the first crude attempts to raise crops. As agriculture developed, the need for reliable food sources continued to lure people to new lands. When the first immigrants began arriving in North America four hundred years ago, they faced the challenge of adapting European farming methods to this new and unknown land.

As settlements spread from east to west, the changing climate and geography produced markedly different agricultural practices across the continent. Still, regardless of crop or locale, every farm had the same basic need power.Horses emerged as a critical source and the services required to breed, equip and maintain them often became an essential part of the first communities that dotted the landscape.

Horses remained a key necessity well into the 1920s. Without them, farms would be incapable of producing the volume needed to generate income. In just a few generations, the first seeds sown by the pioneers had yielded of one of Canada's defining industries.

Specifications:
Face Value: 20 dollars
Mintage: 10,000
Composition: 99.99% pure silver
Weight (g): 31.39
Diameter (mm): 38
Edge: Serrated
Finish: Proof
Certificate: Serialized

Special Features:
First issue in the fine silver Historical Commerce series. Silver rendition of the engraved Gold Design. Superior sculpting depicts a typical farming scene from the 1920s - a farmer plowing his field with a two-horse team.

Packaging:
Coin encapsulated and presented in a maroon clamshell case lined with flock and protected by a black sleeve.