The Star Trek commemorations continue at the Royal Canadian Mint with two new silver coins

By |2017-05-11T21:52:17+01:00May 4th, 2017|Categories: Movies & TV, Coloured, Silver, Canada, Royal Canadian Mint|

The Star Trek commemorations continue at the Royal Canadian Mint with two new silver coins It isn't just the Perth Mint that's continuing with its Star Trek commemorative coin range this month, the Royal Canadian Mint have made additions as well. Two new silver issues debut this month, one celebrating Star Trek [...]

Rhodium comes to Canada with its striking new Nocturnal by Nature two-coin series

By |2017-03-08T21:11:09+00:00March 8th, 2017|Categories: Nature, Ruthenium / Rhodium, Silver, Canada, Royal Canadian Mint|

Rhodium comes to Canada with its striking new black-plated Nocturnal by Nature two-coin series Some very nice new coins from the Royal Canadian Mint this month, a dinosaur one we've already covered and some fine Second World War coins that we've yet to look at. With the mint's newfound boost of enthusiasm [...]

Canada delves back into its amazing prehistoric past with a new unbound fossil coin series

By |2017-03-07T14:02:30+00:00March 7th, 2017|Categories: Nature, Silver, Canada, Royal Canadian Mint|

Canada delves back into its amazing prehistoric past with a new two-coin rimless fossil coin series Always eager for new prehistoric life coins, they do appear with a reasonable regularity, but it isn't a genre that enjoys the sky-high benchmark quality levels of the art-architectural or ancient gods. There have been some [...]

Royal Canadian Mint to debut a five-ounce domed silver Maple Leaf coin. MDM Exclusive.

By |2017-03-20T20:07:35+00:00March 6th, 2017|Categories: News Nuggets, Nature, Silver, Canada, Royal Canadian Mint|

Royal Canadian Mint to debut a five-ounce domed silver Maple Leaf coin. MDM Exclusive. UPDATE: Video has been removed by MDM. Apparently the embargo is April 4th but this look slike a coin worth waiting for. We'll update when availability changes. There's never a shortage of maple leaf coins from the [...]

Canada commemorates its WWII combat aircraft with new trio of proof silver coins

By |2017-01-15T19:44:16+00:00January 15th, 2017|Categories: History, Coloured, Silver, Canada, Royal Canadian Mint|

Canada commemorates its WWII combat aircraft with new trio of proof silver coins As we sit in the middle of lengthy commemorations for both the First (100th) and Second (75th) World Wars, the number of numismatics featuring military subjects being released has understandably risen greatly. The Royal Canadian Mint has been a particularly [...]

Royal Canadian Mint launches new Year of the Rooster silver bullion coin for 2017

By |2017-01-11T10:22:12+00:00January 11th, 2017|Categories: Culture, Bullion, Silver, Canada, Royal Canadian Mint|

Royal Canadian Mint launches new Year of the Rooster silver bullion coin for 2017 A new silver lunar bullion coin has appeared at an Asian dealer from the Royal Canadian Mint. Struck in either an ounce, or half an ounce of ultra-fine (0.9999) silver, it has a mintage apparently set at 200,000 [...]

Third Canadian three-quarter ounce silver Howling Wolf bullion coin out now UPDATED

By |2016-11-30T14:46:01+00:00November 29th, 2016|Categories: Bullion, Nature, Silver, Canada, Royal Canadian Mint|

Third Canadian three-quarter ounce silver Howling Wolf bullion coin out now It was quite surprising when in 2014 the Royal Canadian Mint (RCM) debuted an unusual new bullion coin weight, ¾ of an ounce. Ostensibly it occupies the same equivalent space that the ½oz coin does to the 1oz coin given that [...]

Canadian domed coin trio showcases football and the Planet Earth

By |2016-11-05T06:30:12+00:00November 2nd, 2016|Categories: Coloured, Gold, Science, Sport, Silver, Canada, Royal Canadian Mint|

Canadian domed coin trio showcases football and the Planet Earth After an unusual early mid-month release last week, the Royal Canadian Mint ploughs on through yet another bumper release schedule. It appears that the gimmicky type of coin is in the ascendant there, so we're seeing plenty of new [...]

Canada fleshes out face value silver ranges with new $100 and $25 coins

By |2016-11-05T06:30:20+00:00October 14th, 2016|Categories: Nature, Silver, Canada, Royal Canadian Mint|

Canada fleshes out face value silver ranges with new $100 and $25 coins Despite what seems to be an increasing resistance to the idea by collectors, the Royal Canadian Mint is pressing ahead with its face value ranges of silver coins. This month sees new entrants in the $100 [...]

Part two of our look at the Canadian Mints bumper October release

By |2016-11-05T06:30:22+00:00October 6th, 2016|Categories: Canada, Royal Canadian Mint|

Part two of our look at the Canadian Mints bumper October release A second selection of coins, seven this time, continues our look at the Royal Canadian Mints October launch run. We covered six coins yesterday and there's a special five kilo coin we'll cover tomorrow. As well as [...]

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