2011

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...

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...

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...

2011 $25 2oz. Fine Silver Coin - Toronto City Map (Gold Plated) Toronto Featuring a stunning bird's-eye relief view of one of Canada's great cities, this 60 mm silver coin combines exciting new technologies in both cartography and minting with the...

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...

2011 $20 Coloured Silver Coin - Wild Rose Beauty and fortitude - from East to West From the Maritimes to the lower mountain valleys of the Rocky Mountains and north to Nunavut, the wild rose (Rosa acicularis) punctuates the Canadian landscape with pink...

This unique and limited edition coin depicts the Great One in action with his father, Walter Gretzky, as a cameo. •  Customized sleeve features Wayne and Walter’s authentic signatures. •  A great leader and an...

Crafted in the ultra-high relief of ancient medallic art. Highlights: Rarely does a coin feature a royal effigy on both sides, but every coin in this magnificent series does. Each portrait has the raised edges normally seen on a sculpted military medal...

$3 FINE SILVER COIN – FAMILY SCENEMother and Child-the First MonthsThe perfect Mother’s day gift! Life in the Arctic poses innumerable challenges, not least of which is keeping infants safe and warm from the unpredictable elements. The amauti...

Theme: King of the Maples The Bigleaf is one of the largest and fastest-growing maple trees in Canada. Reaching heights of up to thirty metres, this elegant specimen is well named: its shiny, dark green, five-lobed leaves measure up to thirty...

The wood bison is uniquely Canadian: in its natural state, it only occurs in Canada. It is also the largest land mammal in North America often reaching two metres in height and weighing over 900 kilograms, mirroring our vast land's massivity and power...