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By Cosmos Mariner, June 8, 2024
The Famous Big Nickel / Le célèbre big nickel Marker
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1 ► Ontario, Greater Sudbury — The Famous Big Nickel / Le célèbre big nickel —
Near Big Nickel Road (Regional Road 34) 0.4 kilometers north of Lorne Street (Regional Road 55).
[English]  In 1949 the Bank of Canada launched a nationwide contest for the design of the 1951 five-cent coin to mark the bicentennial of the chemical isolation of nickel by the Swedish chemist Baron Axel Frederic . . . — — Map (db m254857) HM
2 ► Ontario, Greater Sudbury — Dr. Ted Szilva, O. Ont., LLD, D.O.M. —
Near Big Nickel Road (Regional Road 34) 0.4 kilometers north of Lorne Street (Regional Road 55).
[English]  A proud Sudburian, Ted was the creator of the Canadian Centennial Numismatic Park, which was opened on July 22, 1964. Ted spearheaded the creation of the Big Nickel and the original Big Nickel Mine on the . . . — — Map (db m254866) HM
3 ► Ontario, Algoma District, Echo Bay — Echo Bay Celebrates Canada's Iconic “Loonie” / Célébre le « huard », pièce emblématique du Canada —
On Provincial Highway 17B 0.5 kilometers north of Church Street, on the left when traveling north.
[English]  In 2012, Canada's most striking coin had its 25th birthday. More than 1.5 billion have been produced and "the loonie", as it is affectionately called, has become a symbol of Canada. It even played a "good . . . — — Map (db m271999) HM
 
 
  
  
 
 
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