Ottawa, Ontario — As part of the Government of Canada’s budget announcement to modernize Canada’s currency , the Royal Canadian Mint will change the composition of one-dollar and two-dollar coins, using the Corporation’s cost-effective patented multi-ply plated steel technology.
The current composition for the one-dollar coin is bronze plated nickel, while the current composition for the two-dollar coin is, for the inner core, aluminum bronze (copper, aluminum and nickel), and for the outer ring, pure nickel. The primary new composition of both coins, to be launched at the beginning of 2011, will be multi-ply plated steel ...
Full Article: Canadians to Change Coin Compositions - CoinNews
The Royal Canadian Mint, proud producer of the Vancouver 2010 athlete medals, is thrilled to celebrate Canada’s first Olympic gold medal on home soil with a medallion and commemorative coin.
The first gold medal was won today [February 14] by Alexandre Bilodeau in Men’s Moguls Freestyle Skiing at Cypress Mountain.
"The Olympic Games movement encourages all athletes to do their absolute best during competition and to view this effort as its own victory," said Ian E. Bennett, President and CEO of the Royal Canadian Mint ...
Full Article: Canadian Gold Medal Celebrated With Commemorative Coin - CoinNews
Tiger – just the mention of the word evokes a sense of excitement, power and graceful beauty. Therefore, it is not a surprise that the Chinese would include such an animal in their zodiac calendar created millennia ago (that’s right, millennia).
To celebrate the Year of the Tiger, which began today, February 14, 2010, the Royal Canadian Mint has released four new limited minted coins, all of which incorporate the Tiger’s attributes of excitement and beauty...
Full Article: Year of the Tiger 2010 Gold and Silver Coins - CoinNews
VANCOUVER, British Columbia — With one day remaining before the eyes of the world turn to Canada for the Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games, the Royal Canadian Mint is proud to issue the 2010 Lucky Loonie.
The one-dollar coin, which features the Ilanaaq, the Official Emblem of the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games, was launched at a public hockey shoot-out special event outside the Royal Canadian Mint Pavilion in downtown Vancouver ...
Full Article: 2010 Lucky Loonie Released - CoinNews
You try to put a coin into a vending machine or toss a coin into the quarter-ante poker pot. But the machines and the other players at the poker table reject the coins. You put a coin into an Urbana parking meter and don't get any time on the meter.
The probable problem is that it is a foreign coin and, most likely, a Canadian coin. Urbana's parking meter staff collects the coins and then sells them ...
Full Article: Urbana wonders what to do with Candian loot - chicagotribune.com
Did you know that the Royal Canadian Mint is the proud producer of the gold, silver and bronze medals for the winning athletes of the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games?
Royal Canadian Mint Vancouver 2010 Look of the Games Coins - Click to Enlarge
It’s true and as an "Official Supporter" of the Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games, we’ve also produced the most extensive circulation coin program in relation to the Olympic Games ever conceived by any mint worldwide.
To promote the excitement and passion of the 2010 Winter Games throughout the world, we’re also offering limited mintage collector coins and sets...
Full Article: Vancouver 2010 Gold and Silver Coins Launch - CoinNews
The countdown is on as the Royal Canadian Mint prepares to launch a unique and interactive pavilion for visitors during the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games.
An impressive exhibit showcasing award-winning numismatic and circulation coins, world-class craftsmanship through the making of the Olympic and Paralympic medals, and the world-famous million-dollar gold coin is set to open February 12, 2010.
"Today marks one week until Vancouver hosts the ...
Full Article: 2010 Winter Olympic Royal Canadian Mint Exhibit - CoinNews
Last spring, while researching recent-date Canadian 5-cent pieces for a study still in progress, I decided to also check for centralized doubled dies. Centralized doubled dies are of the sort that have become the standard on U.S. coins since the single-squeeze hubbing process replaced the old multiple hubbing process in the late 1980s.
It seemed to me that since Canada switched over to the single-squeeze hubbing process (known in Canada as restrain hubbing) in the late 1970s that they too may be producing centralized doubled dies that ...
Full Article: Canada 2006 5 Cents All Have Doubled Dies - Numismaster
Earlier this month, the Royal Canadian Mint released its first new collector coins of 2010. To follow up on our recent 2010 Proof Set Spotlight honouring the Canadian Navy’s centennial as the theme of its 2010 Silver Dollar, we’re now pleased to tell you about another perennial favourite — the annual Specimen Set which pays tribute to one of Canada’s remarkable feathered friends.
The Royal Canadian Mint 2010 Specimen Set includes seven Canadian coins with a combination of superb brilliant and frosted relief finishes on lined backgrounds.
As the seventh Specimen Set to pay tribute to Canada’s diverse bird population, the breathtaking Northern Harrier takes ...
Full Article: 2010 Royal Canadian Mint Specimen Set - CoinNews
