The Royal Canadian Mint kicks off 2015 in the style to which we've become accustomed; namely lots of coins. As is usually the case, we've divided up the releases into three posts for easier reading. Yesterday saw the release of the Sir John Alexander Macdonald trio of coins, and earlier today we posted up the first batch of [...]
The Royal Canadian Mint kicks off 2015 in the style to which we've become accustomed; namely lots of coins. As is usually the case, we've divided up the releases into three posts for easier reading. Yesterday saw the release of the Sir John Alexander Macdonald trio of coins, and this is the first of two posts covering the [...]
With Canada heading towards its 150th anniversary as a nation in 2017, the Royal Canadian Mint has looked to one of the architects of the founding of this fledging nation to kick off the celebrations. Three new coins commemorating the 200th anniversary since the birth of Canada's first Prime Minister have been released. John Alexander Macdonald, a Glasgow, [...]
This year is the 100th anniversary of the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association, the precursor to Hockey Canada, and the Royal Canadian Mint has released a striking coin commemorating the occasion. Depicting the outline of a hockey player inside a maple leaf, each half of which has been enamelled in a different colour, the design is simple but very [...]
