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Token - The City of Sudbury The Big Nickel Park
| Location | Canada |
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| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
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| Obverse description | The obverse depicts the iconic Big Nickel monument — a large replica of the 1951 Canadian five-cent piece mounted on a stone pedestal — with a panoramic view of Sudbury's industrial skyline featuring smoking smelter stacks in the background. The inscription THE BIG NICKEL appears to the left of the monument in the field. Along the lower border, the legend CITY OF SUDBURY CANADA arcs around the City of Sudbury coat of arms, which features a moose crest and the motto INDUSTRY INTEGRITY ENTERPRISE. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | The reverse features a detailed relief depiction of the Ralph D. Parker Library Tower at Laurentian University, a tall modernist multi-storey building set against a rocky Canadian Shield landscape with a conifer tree and a sailboat in the foreground. A field inscription to the left of the tower identifies the building and its associated federated universities. In the lower field, the Laurentian University coat of arms is displayed with the motto Smite Lucem et Veritatem. The bilingual legend LAURENTIAN UNIVERSITY • UNIVERSITE • LAURENTIENNE runs along the border. |
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