2018

Scale the heights of Canada’s western mountains with this awe-inspiring coin to meet the mountain goat. This incredibly agile member of the antelope family spends 75% of its time on steep rocky ledges to stay out of reach of predators such as...

Sucker Moon brings the sucker fish back to the stream, and teaches us how to become healed healers. It’s the fourth teaching from Grandmother Moon who makes 13 appearances throughout the year to watch over Mother Earth’s children and light...

June 4, 1838: An open pasture, a hand-hewn “club,” and a ball made of yarn and calfskin were all that was necessary to stage a match that made sports history. Fittingly shaped like a baseball, the reverse of this convex-shaped coin steps back...

It was 70 years ago that Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, then Princess Elizabeth, took on the noble, lifelong role of motherhood. The Royal Canadian Mint proudly presents a picture-perfect coin that is both a birthday celebration for His Royal Highness...

Where open grasslands provide unobstructed views, the long-legged burrowing owl (Athene cunicularia) stays close to the ground and its subterranean nest. This bespeckled summer resident of Canada’s Prairie Provinces is one of our smaller-sized...

Throughout its 25-year history, the Star of Military Valour represents a nation’s recognition of members of the Canadian Forces and comrades-in-arms for “distinguished and valiant service in the presence of the enemy.” The star-shaped...

Canada’s history is rife with tales of explorers, and the seafaring Captain James Cook (1728-1779) is one of the most storied of all. From the Bering Strait to the Antarctic Circle, and many of the Pacific isles in between, the British navigator...

A loving parent. A forever friend. The one for whom your love will never end. They are the ones who know you best—those who connect with your inner soul, who inspire or nurture, or even send your heart racing! Dotted with three sparkling...

The season of glimmering, glistening lights is here, and this breathtaking coin captures the stunning beauty of a vintage tree ornament using 21st century innovations. It’s uniquely concave to echo the curve of those early glass balls, punctuated...

Throughout our history, the oceans that border our land have alternately nurtured, challenged and fascinated Canadians. The three-coin From Sea to Sea to Sea series concludes its extraordinary oceanic journey by travelling to Canada’s northern...