Description

Metal Silver

Purity 0.9999 (99.99%)

Weight 1 Troy Ounce (31,56 g)

Dimensions 49.80 mm X 28.60 mm

Attributes Proof, Colorization, Black-Light Paint Technology

Mintage 6500

Packaging Presentation Box with CoA

Built in 1808, the Toronto Islands’ Gibraltar Point Lighthouse is the oldest surviving lighthouse on the Great Lakes and the second oldest in Canada. It’s also the setting of a centuries-old ghost story retold on this Haunted Canada coin.

Its first keeper, John Paul Radelmüller, tended the beacon through fierce gales and even the turmoil of the War of 1812. But according to legend, on a blustery night in January 1815, the dedicated keeper mysteriously vanished from his post without a trace. Some say he met a violent end, his remains buried near the stone tower he so carefully maintained, and that his spirit never left the tower. Since then, visitors have reported strange lights, unexplained footsteps, and even a shadowy figure—like the ghostly silhouette that appears on this coin under black light.

Built in 1808 and expanded in 1832 with an addition to the top of the tower, the Gibraltar Point Lighthouse remains largely unchanged. Although the structure stands in its original location, the shifting shoreline and silt deposits have pushed the waterline it once illuminated to roughly 100 meters away. It was decommissioned in 1958 and transferred to the City of Toronto, where it has since been maintained as a historical landmark.