Part one of our look at the Canadian Mints bumper October release Large monthly release runs are a regular occurence at what is the worlds most prolific mint for commemorative coins. Often releasing in a month what many mints produce in a year, the Royal Canadian Mint also likes [...]
Canadian soldiers remembered in silver 75 years on from Battle of Hong Kong The commemorations for the First and Second World Wars continues apace with more coins from the major mints over the last week or so. The newest coin to be launched is a silver one from the [...]
September sees modified 'gimmick' coins aplenty from the Royal Canadian Mint September sees another big launch from the Royal Canadian Mint and our first look at this month's releases encompasses something the RCM is increasingly doing of late; adornments. The Murano glass animal series was a popular one and [...]
The worlds second most popular silver bullion coin, the Royal Canadian Mints ubiquitous Silver Maple Leaf (SML), has a very limited appeal to collectors for two main reasons. Firstly, there are quite literally tens of millions of them, meaning rarity play no part in their numismatic appreciation. Secondly, the design never really changes in a fundamental [...]
We say this most months, but it's another Royal Canadian Mint flood of new releases, cementing their status as the most prolific mint around. A good mix, we've shown most of them below. The Geometry in Art coin is a striking one, the Grotesque Green Horned Man quite strange. Everything else is between those extremes; we [...]
Back in September 2013, shortly after we went live, the Royal Canadian Mint released seven gold and silver coins in commemoration of Superman's 75th anniversary. Co-created by Canadian Joe Shuster, this link was enough for the RCM to commit heavily. They were successful enough to make the Superman coin an annual occurence. In August 2014 came [...]
The rise of the domed coin continues with the second big release in little over a week. After the new Northern Sky coin from the Royal Australian Mint (RAM) launched last week, it's the turn of fellow Commonwealth country Canada to join in with the Royal Canadian Mints(RCM) first coloured domed coin. This one goes back [...]
Now firmly established as the second biggest producer of silver bullion coins on this planet, the Royal Canadian Mint is using another planet to boost its sales even further. With the Silver Maple Leaf (SML) coin as the 500lb gorilla in the room, the RCM has regularly launched smaller mintage 'semi-numismatic' silver bullion coins that [...]
The bumper release run in June from the most prolific mint around, the Royal Canadian Mint, has seen us split the releases into two posts. Yesterday we dealt with the seven new maple-leaf themed coins and today it's the final six. There's a mix of the usual adorned coins, coloured coins, and Asian culture coins, so [...]
Another bumper release run in June from the most prolific mint around, the Royal Canadian. Over a dozen new coins have debuted, plus a couple of new additions to series we've already covered so we'll split them up into two seperate posts. This post will cover an RCM staple, the Maple Leaf themed coin, something we [...]
