Reverse: Along the rim on top, the face value. In the center, an early Canadian farmer plowing a field with the help of two majestic draft horses. On the right, the year of issue. Along the rim at the bottom, “CANADA”.

Obverse: A portrait of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. Along the rim, "Elizabeth II" on the left and "D•G•REGINA" on the right. At the bottom, the Royal Canadian Mint mark.

When the first immigrants began arriving in North America four hundred years ago, they faced the challenge of adapting European farming methods to this new and unknown land. As settlements spread from east to west, the changing climate and geography produced markedly different agricultural practices across the continent. Still, regardless of crop or locale, every farm had the same basic need - power.

Horses emerged as a critical source and the services required to breed, equip and maintain them often became an essential part of the first communities that dotted the landscape. Horses remained a key necessity well into the 1920s. Without them, farms would be incapable of producing the volume needed to generate income. In just a few generations, the first seeds sown by the pioneers had yielded of one of Canada's defining industries.