VE2YZZ's Quebec City 1608-2008 GeoCoin

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New Very Limited Edition Geocoin

 

THIS COIN WAS MINT BY LANDSHARKZ

 

We are proud to present you this super Geocoins from Quebec: Quebec City 1608-2008 (Ville De Quebec 1608-2008).

 

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• This Geocoins are trackable on geocaching.com.

• This Geocoins has his own icon.

• Size 45mm and 3mm

• Imprinted on the side/edge (“Trackable at GeoCaching.com”)

• It will be made in 3 or 4 finishes.

 

DON’T CONTACT ME NOW FOR RESERVATION… I WILL TELL YOU LATER THE DATE AND THE PRICE FOR A TRIO OR FOR A SINGLE COIN PURCHASE ***THE LE COPPER COIN IS ONLY OFFER WITH THE TRIO***…

 

This coin is part of foundries to help 2 geocacher to pay there inscription for a big event that will bring them from Quebec (Canada) to La Rochelle (France) on 1 of 35 sailboat that will be crossing the Atlantic in 2008 for the 400e anniversary of the foundation of the city of Quebec.

 

SIDE 1 3D ART

Samuel De Champlain had a dwelling, or Abitation, constructed out of wood to serve as a residence, a fort, and a storage place for the food and furs he traded. Cannons, a palisade of wood stakes, a moat, and a drawbridge protected the entranceway. Beginning in 1609, Amerindians visited it regularly to trade furs for European goods. Québec also became a staging ground for missionaries with the arrival of the Récollets in 1615. A fort built at the top of the hill marked the birth of the upper town. However, twenty years after its foundation, Québec City still had only 72 inhabitants.

 

SIDE 2 2D ART

The colors used in the coat of arms of Québec City possess a heraldic significance: gold symbolizes strength, faith, justice, wealth, constancy and splendor; silver: humility, purity, charity, truth and victory; azur: sovereignty, majesty, serenity, good reputation, knowledge, clarity and loyalty; gules: love, pain, grandeur, courage, generosity, bravery and intrepidity; and green: hope, revival, abundance, beauty, freedom and cheerfulness.

The ship represents the period when Québec was founded, in 1608, by Samuel de Champlain, who came from Honfleur. It also represents the maritime vocation of Québec with its important seaport. The full sails symbolize the strength and courage of the population. Each of the two keys has its own significance: the key on the right symbolizes Québec as the capital of New-France, of Canada, at the beginning of the English regime, and of Lower-Canada; the key on the left represents the Capital of the province of Québec since the Confederation. Together they symbolize the political and municipal history of the City of Québec.

 

VE2YZZ Team Geocacher and navigator ~~~_/)~~~

Edited April 27, 2007 by VE2YZZ