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The E-Sylum: Volume 21, Number 3, January 21, 2018, Article 27

CANADIAN COINS MARKS TECUMSEH SESTERCENTENNIAL

A January 19, 2018 Coin Update article by Michael Alexander highlights the new Royal Canadian Mint coin honoring the 250th anniversary of the birth of Tecumseh. Here's an excerpt. Be sure to read the complete article online. Nice graphic! -Editor

Tecumseh Sestercentennial coin

The Royal Canadian Mint have released a new gold coin which is a tribute to one of Canada’s great military heroes of the War of 1812. Known as Tecumseh (1768-1813), whose life and legacy as a legendary Shawnee war leader are woven into the complex fabric of Canada’s history, he is now honoured on the 250th anniversary of his birth. His beliefs, triumphs, and sacrifice were fuelled by a desire to protect his homeland. Born in 1768, Tecumseh, whose name refers to “the rising path of a shooting star, like a panther leaping across the sky,” was a member of the Kispoko division of the Shawnees that focused on war. While the spiritual teachings of his brother Tenskwatawa (the prophet) warned of the dangers of abandoning ancestral ways, Tecumseh’s message was one of cross-cultural unity.

His first visit to Canada (Upper Canada) was in 1808 when he arrived at Fort Malden located in Amherstburg, Ontario. While initially cautious of the British, the Americans aroused Tecumseh’s fury with the Treaty of Fort Wayne in 1810 and an attack on his settlement at Prophetstown, known as the Battle of Tippecanoe, in 1811. Tecumseh was offered the rank of brigadier-general in the British Army and would go on to lead over 2,000 warriors into four major battles: The Siege of Detroit, Fort Meigs, Fort Stephenson, and the Battle of the Thames.

To read the complete article, see:
Canada: New gold coin is issued to mark the 250th anniversary of the birth of Tecumseh (http://news.coinupdate.com/canada-new-gold-coin-is-issued-to-mark-the-250th-anniversary-of-the-birth-of-tecumseh/)

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Wayne Homren, Editor

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