2012 Bluenose 1/25 ounce gold coin

Here is another of the Royal Canadian Mint's 1/25 ounce pure gold coins - the 2012 Bluenose. The coin shows an action shot of the famous ship - which many of you will recognize from the Canadian 10 cent coin - as it races through the water.

The Bluenose was built in 1921 and was used for both fishing and racing. It quickly because a symbol for the province of Nova Scotia and Canada as a whole. It was later sold and became exclusively a fishing vessel before it sank in the 1940s. In the 1960s a replica, the Bluenose II, was build. The Bluenose II recently finished its most recent refurbishing and is back in the water in Nova Scotia.