2012

Includes the Canadian Olympic Team logo in colour! The Royal Canadian Mint has issued a Lucky Loonie since 2004, coinciding with each Olympic and Paralympic Games to enable Canadians to remember, support and celebrate past and future Canadian Olympic...

An ideal gift for someone you know interested in the War of 1812! Thanks to Major General Sir Isaac Brock (1769-1812), Canada was able to develop as a transcontinental nation due to his successful defence of Upper Canada in 1812. Brock’s...

A beautiful holiday gift for parents and children! The inspiration for your coin is from the last day of school before the winter holidays begin. No school tomorrow! Let the days of fun, snow, and freedom begin. But before the holidays start, the...

Born on May 4, 1890, in Orillia, Ontario, Franklin Carmichael showed artistic potential at a young age. As a boy, he decorated carriages in his father’s carriage shop. The graphic scrollwork allowed him to hone design skills he would use his entire...

Be among the very few to own this unique coin collection! NEW! A piece of history in the making of the new coins! Your coin set showcases the latest innovations in the Royal Canadian Mint’s ongoing effort to advance the science of coin engineering...

Unprecedented Luxury, Unparalleled Calamity: The Tragedy of RMS TitanicEarly evening, April 14, 1912: Major Arthur Peuchen of Toronto, having just returned to his well-appointed cabin, C-104, after a midday swim, peels a ripe orange as he looks over the...

Serenade of a Springtime SongsterIn the first summery days of late May, Pheucticus ludovicianus announces its arrival. The medium-build bird, about 20 centimetres (8 in) long, black-headed, bright pink triangle on its white breast, darts about, crooning...

Nature's Canny Cultivator: The Bumble BeeIt is one of summer's iconic moments: a buzzing black-and-yellow bumble bee plodding heavily from delicate bloom to delicate bloom. A subgroup of the roughly 730 described species of bees(Apoidea: Anthophila) in...

Stormy Weather, Georgian Bay (1921), by F.H. VarleyThe reverse of this fine silver 1-ounce coin features a finely wrought engraved detail from Varley's iconic painting. Taking a dramatic vantage point high atop a bluff overlooking the white-capped waters...

50th Anniversary of the Canadian Wildlife FederationThe year 2012 marks the 50th anniversary of the Canadian Wildlife Federation (CWF), an organization that has achieved exceptional results in conserving Canadian wilderness and Canadians about...

Glorious Native of the Pacific CoastThe name 'Rhododendron' comes from the Ancient Greek for 'rose' and 'tree.' The Pacific Rhododendron (Rhododendron macrophyllum), crowned with clusters of frilly pink, purple, or white corolla, is one of the North...

Nova Scotia Fishing Village (1930) by Arthur LismerThe reverse image features a detail from Arthur Lismer's 1930 painting, Nova Scotia Fishing Village. In this detail, we see a robust example of Lismer's style during a period in which he created some of...