Current and former employees of the Royal Canadian Mint gathered at the Mint’s Winnipeg facility today [November 3] to celebrate one hundred years of reliably producing Canada’s circulation coinage, a legacy born in Ottawa in 1908 when Governor General Earl Grey struck a fifty-cent piece, Canada’s first domestically produced coin.
Since 1976, the Mint’s Winnipeg facility has held the distinction of producing all of Canada’s circulation coins, in addition to those of over 60 foreign countries. Today, the Winnipeg facility is marking a centennial of accomplishment with the commissioning of a new high-speed coining press and an employee and alumni open house.
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