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  • 1 Dollar 1974, KM# 88, Canada, Elizabeth II, 100th Anniversary of Winnipeg
  • 1 Dollar 1974, KM# 88, Canada, Elizabeth II, 100th Anniversary of Winnipeg
Description

Winnipeg is the capital and largest city of the province of Manitoba in Canada. It is centred on the confluence of the Red and Assiniboine rivers, near the longitudinal centre of North America.

The city is named after the nearby Lake Winnipeg; the name comes from the Western Cree words for muddy water. The region was a trading centre for Indigenous peoples long before the arrival of Europeans. French traders built the first fort on the site in 1738. A settlement was later founded by the Selkirk settlers of the Red River Colony in 1812, the nucleus of which was incorporated as the City of Winnipeg in 1873.

Obverse

Second crowned portrait of HM Queen Elizabeth II facing right, wearing the Girls of Great Britain and Ireland tiara.

The Girls of Great Britain and Ireland tiara was a wedding present in 1947 from her grandmother, Queen Mary, who received it as a gift from the Girls of Great Britain and Ireland in 1893 on the occasion of her marriage to the Duke of York, later George V. Made by E. Wolfe & Co., it was purchased from Garrard & Co. by a committee organised by Lady Eve Greville. In 1914, Mary adapted the tiara to take 13 diamonds in place of the large oriental pearls surmounting the tiara. At first, Elizabeth wore the tiara without its base and pearls but the base was reattached in 1969. The Girls of Great Britain and Ireland Tiara is one of Elizabeth's most recognisable pieces of jewellery due to its widespread use on British banknotes and coinage.

ELIZABETH II DEI GRATIA REGINA means Elizabeth II, by the grace of God, Queen.

Engraver: Arnold Machin

ELIZABETH II D·G·REGINA

Reverse

Depicts the number 100 with, inside each zero, a view of Winnipeg's Main Street, in 1874 (left) and 1974 (right), the city name above, dates, the country name and the facial value below.

Main Street is one of the oldest routes in the Winnipeg region. It originated as the trail between Lower Fort Garry and the various settlements huddled around the confluence of the Red and Assiniboine Rivers. Its intersection with the Portage Trail near Upper Fort Garry (now downtown Winnipeg) spawned the Portage and Main corner, which is today the heart of the city. Upper Fort Garry was eventually demolished by the city in order to straighten the southern portion of Main Street and realign it to its current configuration. The north gate, the sole surviving piece of Upper Fort Garry, still stands near the corner of Broadway and Main.

Engravers: Paul Pederson, Patrick Brindley

WINNIPEG
B
100
PP
1874-1974
CANADA DOLLAR

Edge

1 Dollar

2nd portrait

100th Anniversary of Winnipeg

KM# 88 Schön# 84
Characteristics
Type Commemorative Issue (Circulating)
Material Nickel
Weight 15.62 g
Diameter 32.13 mm
Thickness 2.62 mm
Shape round
Alignment Medal
Mint
Royal Canadian Mint (RCM)

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