2011

Blessings of Happiness Chinese culture expresses happiness through a multitude of ancient and vibrant symbols and traditions. Family and friends still actively bestow blessings ofhappiness upon each other.The traditional lion dance is an energetic,...

Workhorse of Canada’s freight serviceFor almost sixty years, freight service across Canada relied heavily on Canadian Pacific’s powerful D-10 4-6-0* locomotive. A total 502 of these steam-powered workhorses were built between 1905 and 1913 to...

This year’s two-dollar coin features an elk calf. In early summer, elk cows give birth to a single spotted calf that weighs about 16 kg (35 lbs). On a diet of their mother’s rich milk, calves often double their weight during the two weeks...

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...

During the Middle Ages, any knight who went into battle needed to distinguish friend from foe and would paint identifying marks on his shield. Later, these markings began appearing on military surcoats and cloaks worn by royal messengers. This is how the...

For hundreds of years, sailing ships ruled the seas. They were the driving instrument of global exploration, settlement and trade. By the early eighteenth century, however, a new technology emerged that would roughly a century later, supplant the sail...

5 scarce 2011 Swarovski Crystal Coins   $20 Fine Silver Coin - Emerald Crystal Snowflake 6,586 sold $114.95 issue price $20 Fine Silver Coin - Topaz Crystal Snowflake 6,041 sold $114.95 issue price $20 Fine Silver Coin - Montana Blue...

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...

The story of Canada's railway, a gargantuan feat of engineering, was the culmination of a 49-year long romance with the iron road that began with Canada's first public railway in 1836. The Champlain and St. Lawrence Rail Road was the brainchild of a...

This year, the Royal Canadian Mint is proud to present the 2011 Specimen Set featuring the Great Gray Owl, one of the world's largest owls. This bird can be found throughout Canada's boreal forests from Quebec to Yukon. Like most owls, it is a talented...

Of Spirit and Strength Quantity Sold: 591 Lacrosse is sport, legend, culture and history combined a unique feature of the Canadian identity that emerged when European colonists encountered First Nations society. One of the first European...

The "Phantom Dollar" and Canada's "Godless" Coinage, 1911In late 1911, the Ottawa Branch of the Royal Mint struck a trial one dollar coin in lead; two more were struck in silver by the Royal Mint in London, England. These three coins are among the rarest...