Much as her iconic character Anne of Green Gables is immortalized in literature, Prince Edward Island author Lucy Maud Montgomery is now forever etched into metal. Royal Canadian Mint officials and Montgomery descendants were at Green Gables Heritage Place in Cavendish, P.E.
I., on Wednesday to unveil a new $1 coin bearing her likeness and that of her most famous character, redheaded orphan Anne (with an E) Shirley. The artwork on the coin was created by Island artist Brenda Jones, featuring a profile of the author as she would have looked around the time Anne of Green Gables was written, Montgomery's signature, and the cat drawing she often included when signing her name.
Montgomery is the first Canadian author to be featured on a coin. It will begin circulating on June 27 to mark the 150th centennial of her birth. Video Much ado about highlighting 'kindred spirits' at L.
M. Montgomery historic site "It's such a story that's important to be told," said Marie Lemay, president and CEO of the Royal Canadian Mint. "To have P.
E.I. artists design this coin and we can engrave in a piece of metal the story, and it will move on from hands to hands, coast to coast for a long, long time.
.. we're very proud of that.
"It just seemed so fitting that we would have our first author on a coin on the 150th anniversary of L.M. Montgomery.
For us it was a no-brainer. We thought it was such a nice opportunity." The obverse of the coin features the work of another Canadian artist, Steven Rosati's p.