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Canadian Silver Dollars
1935 first voyageur
1936
1937
1938
1945
1946
1946 hair lined
1947 pointed 7
1947 blunt 7
1947 maple leaf
1948
1950 4 water lines
1950 2½ water lines
1951 4 water lines
1951 2½ water lines
1952 4 water lines
1952 no water lines
1953 no shoulder fold
1953 shoulder fold
1954
1955 regular
1955 arnprior no die break
1955 arnprior die break
1956
1957 4 water lines
1957 1 water line
1959
1960
1961
1962
1963
1965 small beads pointed 5
1965 small beads blunt 5
1965 medium beads pointed 5
1965 large beads pointed 5
1965 large beads blunt 5
1966 small beads
1966 large beads
1972 last silver voyageur


Canadian voyageur 


Colorized photo by Patrick Glassford

Although this motif is not an official symbol of Canada, its elements recall the history of the country.
A voyageur was an adventurer who journeyed by canoe from Montréal to the interior to trade with Indians for furs. At the close of the 17th century, the term was applied to selected "coureurs de bois", hired by Montréal merchants to arrange and sustain trading alliances with Indian bands.
On the one dollar coin, the voyageur and the Native evoke images of early life in Canada. They also represent the basis of trade and one of the first forms of currency: furs.