Dinosaurs & Pre-historic Creatures

KEY FEATURES: A prehistoric exclusive: Introducing three special-themed 25-cent coins that celebrate Canada’s prehistoric past. These coins are only available in this set. Exhibit-ready format: Colourful 3D pop-up packaging brings this lost...

KEY FEATURES: A prehistoric exclusive: Introducing three special-themed 25-cent coins that celebrate Canada’s prehistoric past. These coins are only available in this set. Exhibit-ready format: Colourful 3D pop-up packaging brings this lost...

Roughly 500 million years ago, early arthropods known as trilobites thrived in the ancient seas that covered our planet during the Cambrian Period. Today, their remains are the object of study and fascination—especially on the reverse of this...

Millions of years ago, the Canadian landscape was teeming with prehistoric species whose remains lie in the rocks that bridge our era with theirs. This is Ancient Canada! Through unique striking techniques and an antique finish, this splash-struck coin...

A master at pursuing its prey, the scimitar cat (Homotherium serum) is arguably one of the most awe-inspiring animals of the Ice Age. With its immense fangs and powerful physical features, it embodies all the ferocious strength that makes prehistoric...

Albertosaurus sarcophagus resided in what is now western Canada during the Late Cretaceous, between 72 and 68 million years ago. Resembling a slender, long-limbed Tyrannosaurus rex (a closely related species that emerged several million years later),...

Despite the species’ extinction 10,000 years ago, the woolly mammoth continues to inspire and intrigue many who identify it with the last glacial period. With this finely detailed silver coin, the Royal Canadian Mint commemorates this impressive...

In 2012, a team of Canadian palaeontologists rediscovered a series of fossils collected in 1958 from Alberta’s Foremost Formation, near the village of Foremost. These samples led researchers to identify not only a new species of dinosaur, but the...

Each year, new paleontological discoveries take place across Canada that provide important snapshots of the Earth’s ancient past and the primordial species that once inhabited it. In the case of Tiktaalik roseae, we not only gain a glimpse into a...

2013 25-CENT COLOURED COIN - PREHISTORIC ANIMALS – TYLOSAURUS PEMBINENSIS Theme:Millions of years ago, a vast inland sea covered the centre of the North American continent, teeming with strange and fearsome beasts. The king of these wonders was...

Theme:The first coin in the Royal Canadian Mint’s exciting new series featuring portraits of prehistoric animals discovered in Canada! Description:This fine silver coin is certified to be 99.99% pure silver with a diameter of 38 millimetres and a...

More than 66 million years ago, a shallow inland sea known as the Western Interior Seaway covered the centre of the North American continent, stretching from the Arctic Ocean to the Gulf of Mexico. The eastern and western shores of this sea were lined...

It is a discovery that sends hearts pounding and opens a window to the mystifying world of dinosaurs. Their fossilized bones testify to the massive beasts that once ruled the earth but disappeared suddenly 65 million years ago. During the time of these...

It is a discovery that sends hearts pounding - and opens a window to the mystifying world of dinosaurs. Their fossilized bones testify to the massive beasts that once ruled the earth but disappeared suddenly 65 million years ago. During the time of these...

Euoplocephalus tutus was a large, 5.5 m (18 ft) long armadillo-like creature that lived in Alberta between 76 and 70 million years ago. It weighed some 2.5 t (2.8 tn) and its back was covered with large and small pieces of bony armour embedded in the...

It is a discovery that sends hearts pounding and opens a window to the mystifying world of dinosaurs. Their fossilized bones testify to the massive beasts that once ruled the earth but disappeared suddenly 65 million years ago. During the time of these...