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The Royal Canadian Mint used a brand new technology in developing a silver collector coin celebrating the 25th anniversary of Dr. Roberta Bondar’s historic space shuttle mission aboard Discovery in January of 1992.
Dr. Bondar was on hand for the unveiling of the coin in her hometown in front of local dignitaries, family and friends and aviation students at Sault College yesterday.
Dr. Bondar talks about the coin’s features…

 

 

Royal Canadian Mint President Sandra Hanington was also on hand for the unveiling…

 

The coin has two features that combined are unique and have never been produced in the world…

 

 

There are a limited number of the coins available—just 85-hundred—- and the 99.99% pure silver coin retails for $160.
There are also a small number of the coins available in the Sault at the Post Office and they can also be ordered online at mint.ca.