ONLY 200 MINTED
DOMINION OF CANADA
REIGN OF ELIZABETH II (1952-PRESENT)
HOUSE OF WINDSOR
CANADIAN ACHIEVEMENTS SERIES
CERTIFIED BY NGC PROOF 69 ULTRA CAMEO
$300 PROOF GOLD COIN
120TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE INTERNATIONAL IMPLEMENTATION OF STANDARD TIME - MOUNTAIN STANDARD TIME (5:00 POSITION
OBV: ELIZABETH II
REV: ROMAN NUMERAL CLOCK FACE WITH GLOBE CENTER, NUMERALS SEPARATED BY FLEUR-DE-LIS, TIME SET TO 5 O'CLOCK AS IT WOULD HAVE BEEN ON JANUARY 1, 1885, WITH COLORED MINUTE AND HOUR HAND
WITH THE ADVENT OF RAILROADS CRISSCROSSING THE CONTINENT, TIME KEEPING BY THE SUN'S POSITION OVERHEAD BECAME INCREASINGLY PROBLEMATIC. THE SUN'S POSITION DIFFERS ABOUT A MINUTE FOR EVERY 11 MILES TRAVELLED EAST TO WEST. SIR SANFORD FLEMMING, CHIEF ENGINEER FOR THE CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY, CALCULATED ASTRONOMICAL MEASUREMENTS FROM THE GREENWICH OBSERVATORY AND PROPOSED A 24 TIME ZONE MEASUREMENT OF THE WORLD. HIS PROPOSAL WAS ENACTED INTERNATIONALLY JANUARY 1, 1885.
KM # 570
CONTAINS 60 GRAMS OF .5833 FINE GOLD (1.1253 OZ AGW)
40 MM IN DIAMETER
ONLY 200 MOUNTAIN STANDARD TIME PROOFS MINTED!
