Canada- SABLE ISLAND HORSE & FOAL Silver Proof Coin + Stamps 2006

SABLE ISLAND HORSE & FOAL. Off the coast of Nova Scotia, about 300km (186 mi) southeast of Halifax lies Sable Island, a 42 km (26 mi) long sandbar that's about 1.5km (1 mi) wide, It's a place of shifting beaches, in-land fields, freshwater ponds and horses. The horses are the only terrestrial mammals on the island. They share their home with seabirds, seals and a vast array of invertebrates and vegetation. How they got here has been the subject of much speculation-with the hundreds of shipwrecks that have been caused by the island since 1583, the notion that these horses are descendants of shipwrecked cargo is irresistible.

Truth is, horses were deliberately being sent to the island to graze. Apparently he took some of the horses that Acadians had to abandon and brought them to the island. It is protected by a sleeve which pictures a horse and foal and accompanied by a serialized booklet of authenticity.

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