“Beam Me Up!”
Boldly go where no man has gone before with the new Star Trek(TM) coins from the Royal Canadian Mint.
It was September 8, 1966 when television viewers across North America tuned into a star-filled screen and heard Captain James T. Kirk say for the first time, “Space: the final frontier…”
The human race had not yet landed on the moon, but here was a young, daring and charismatic captain who was heading into space “…to seek out new life and new civilizations, to boldly go where no man has gone before.” It was a mission that would make Captain James Tiberius Kirk one of pop culture’s most enduring icons — so emblematic among Canadians that 50 years later, collectors of all kinds snatched up the 2016 $10 Fine Silver Coloured Coin featuring the legendary space hero himself, William Shatner.
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Now, as Star Trek: Deep Space Nine celebrates 25 years, and fans flock to Star Trek cruises and conventions around the world — even a William Shatner Weekend in Ticonderoga (NY) May 4–5th — the Royal Canadian Mint is set to unveil our newest Star Trek coins celebrating Star Trek’s iconic Starships.
Without the Starship, none of Starfleet’s intergalactic exploits would have been possible, and Captains Kirk, Picard, Janeway and Archer would have been eternally grounded. But the Starship set the stage, and as she moved across television and movie screens, she sparked viewers’ imagination to the amazing wonders of the universe, and the real possibility of venturing into the vastness of that final frontier.
The U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701-D is the first Starship to be celebrated in this exciting new series of three 2018 $10 Fine Silver Coins. Also known as Enterprise-D, this Federation Galaxy-class Starship was under the command of Captain Jean-Luc Picard during The Next Generation, and also appeared in the pilot episode for Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.
Every detail of the ship’s saucer and stardrive section is engraved with incredible detail, while the navigational deflector (easily identified by its red concentric rings) illustrates the genius of the series’ creators who scoured the minutia of physics and engineering.
The coin’s pure silver composition provides an amazing canvas for the selective colour that illuminates the Starship’s underside, and creates a green nebula that also glows in the dark for an enhanced, deep space experience. In a word, this coin boldly says “beam me up” to diehard Star Trek fans and coin collectors alike.
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