Composition : 99.99% silver
Mintage : 10,000

A Heroine'sJourney into Legend: Laura Secord (1775 - 1868)

Like many of the "Late Loyalists", Laura Ingersoll was born in the United States but emigrated to Canada. She did so in 1795, when her father, Thomas Ingersoll, moved 20-years old Laura, her four sisters, and her step-family from Great Barrington, Massachusetts, to the township of Queenston (now Ingersoll, Ontario) in the Niagara Peninsula. He did so to benefit from free settlement grants offered under Lieutenant-Governor Lord Simcoe.

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Laura Secord did not receive public recognition untiljust before her death. In 1860, the Prince of Wales (the future Edward VII) visited Canada and learned of Secord's journey. Upon his return to England, he sent Secord a reward of £100 and publicly lauded her contribution as a war hero. She died in 1868, at the age of93, and was buried beside her husband in Drummond Hill Cemetery, Niagara Falls.

This coin is the fourth issue of the Heroes of 1812 collection.
The first coin of the series, released in 2012, depictsSir Isaac Brock.
The second coin ofthe series, released in 2012, depicts Tecumseh.
The thirdcoin of the series, released in 2013, depicts Charles-Michel de Salaberry.
The fourth coin of the series, released in 2013, depicts Laura Secord.
 

HEROES OF 1812 - LAURA SECORD - 2013 CANADIAN COINS 04 is categorised COINS AND PAPER MONEY / 08- ROYAL CANADIAN MINT / 02- FINE SILVER and sold by l'Imaginaire, a store and specialised website.