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One Dollar, Vancouver 2010, The Sun, 2010. The Sun, representing life, abundance, healing, and peace, has been the cornerstone in the culture of Canada's many First Nation communities. Designers and Engravers: obv.: Susanna Blunt, Susan Taylor Rev...

The Grey Cup Championship Celebrates Its 100th Game When the first Grey Cup tournament was played in Toronto in 1909 before 3800 spectators, few could foresee that one day the championship would be watched, celebrated, and obsessed over by millions. The...

Year: 2008 Denomination: 1.00 SKU: It was the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month in 1918 when the Allies and Germany reached a cease fire to end four years of unprecedented horror and destruction in the "war to end all wars". Roughly...

Year: 1997 Denomination: 1.00 SKU:Silver Loon Dollar 1997 Silver Proof Loon The Flying Loon one dollar coin was issued only in the "Oh Canada!" and Specimen sets of 1997. The sterling silver Flying Loon was issued singly. Specifications: Composition:...

2002 Queen Mother Proof Silver Dollar Available only in proof condition, this silver dollar honoured the life of Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother. Specifications: Face Value: $1 Mintage: 9,994 Composition: 92.5% Ag, 7.5% Cu Weight (g): 25.18...

A battlefield gives birth to a flower; a flower inspires a poem; a poem prompts a movement; and a single day of tribute blossoms into a month of remembrance. Every poppy worn on coats and hats during those waning, Grey days of November is symbolic of a...

Although green thinking is familiar to us today, at the dawn of the twentieth century people saw the economic good sense of managing resources for efficiency and profit. Increasingly, though, this pragmatic conservationism was bolstered by the growing...

It was the Second World War that really brought Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) to fruition. More than 120 corvettes were built to become the guardians of the North Atlantic escorting convoys and attacking submarines that had so threatened the fledgling navy...

On February 23, 1909, on a frozen lake in Nova Scotia, a silver-winged "aerodrome" amazed onlookers as it flew 0.8 km (0.5 mi) to complete the first airplane flight in Canada. Designed and built by the Aerial Experiment Association under Alexander Graham...

In 1608, Samuel de Champlain landed on the shores of the St. Lawrence River at a place the Algonquin people called Kebek. "Where the river narrows" was a popular spot where they came to fish and to barter. For nearly one hundred years prior, the French...

Commemorating the 175th anniversary of the first stage coach service between Kingston and York in January 1817. Samuel Purdy was only able to maintain regular service during the winter months, hence the sleigh with runners. This is the first issue of a...

In 1910, a group of rugby players founded a club that would, over the century that followed, help create a distinctly Canadian version of football. In so doing, they became a cornerstone of the Canadian Football League. Over time, the Club has developed...