Category: Royal Canadian Mint

OTTAWA, Ontario, Oct. 22, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — In 1945, 51 nations, including Canada, signed a treaty to establish a new world body with four fundamental goals: to save succeeding generations from the scourge of war; champion human rights; foster respect for international law and treaties; and promote social progress. Seventy-five years later, the creation of […]

OTTAWA, Ontario, Oct. 8, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — The Mint has added to its extra-popular Canada’s Unexplained Phenomena series by telling the strange story of the 1978 UFO sighting in the skies of Clarenville, Newfoundland and Labrador. The Clarenville Event is vividly illustrated on a new glow-in-the-dark collector coin that captures the moment an RCMP Constable and […]

OTTAWA, Ontario, Sept. 2, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — The Royal Canadian Mint is proud to launch a $2 circulation coin celebrating the 75th anniversary of the end of the Second World War and the Canadians who defeated enemies of freedom after six long years of service on the battlefield and on the home front. Symbolic of […]

OTTAWA, Ontario, Sept. 1, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — The Royal Canadian Mint has proudly issued a new collector coin crafted entirely of Nunavut-sourced gold. Entirely Arctic, from its design to its metal content, the reverse of the 2020 $10 Pure Gold Coin – An Inuk and a Qulliq, is the creation of Nunavut artist Ulaayu Pilurtuut.  Motifs […]

Silver coin illustrating the diverse Indigenous cultures of the Northwest Territories designed by Inuvialuk artist Myrna Pokiak OTTAWA, Aug. 5, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — True to its commitment to celebrating Canada’s history, cultures and values, the Royal Canadian Mint has issued a collector coin in honour of the 150th anniversary of the creation of the Northwest Territories. Designed […]