History & Events

While Canada’s first puzzle coin in 2017 celebrated Canada 150 (and sold out in minutes), this new 2018 puzzle coin set tells the story of a nation’s character between 1866 and 1916 - from the eve of Confederation through the five decades...

This special edition of the Captain Cook at Nootka Sound Proof Set features unique certificates from the 2018 RCNA Convention in Mississauga, Ontario, and is limited to only 400 sets!  At the end of March,1778, Captain James Cook (1728-1779) and...

Canada’s two-dollar polar bear coin turns 10!On February 19, 1996, a curious sort of bear began rolling into the pockets of Canadian consumers. It was the new two-dollar coin, Canada’s first bi-metallic circulation coin that...

They are the brave; the heroic; the everyday Canadians who, over the course of nine terrible hours of fighting, would prove a nation’s mettle under a relentless hail of enemy fire. This fine silver coin reflects on the legacy of the Dieppe Raid as...

Few other species invoke the spirit of our wilderness and embody our history like Castor canadensis, whose stone-sculpted likeness welcomes all who stand at the base of the Peace Tower. The Centre Block’s shield-supporting beaver is the second of...

Canada’s postal past is lined with philatelic gems that are a pictorial journey through time! The Royal Canadian Mint’s Canada’s Historical Stamps series is a numismatic tribute to early 20th century stamp designs, with colourful...

They were Canada’s Hundred Days: From August 8 to November 11, 1918, Canadian troops cemented their reputation as an elite fighting force with a string of costly victories that stretched from Amiens to Mons. The reverse of this commemorative coin...

We were allies in the trenches and, for the first time, in the skies. Accented with a gold-plated infantry insignia, our coin in our First World War Allies series reflects on France’s enormous sacrifices and triumphs on the Western Front during the...

Raspberry Moon brings a time of great change as the raspberry’s flowers turn to fruit, and teach us to be gentle and kind. It’s the seventh teaching from Grandmother Moon in Anishinaabe tradition that views the moon as a living relation who...

On the morning of July 10, 1943, Canada came ashore near the Sicilian town of Pachino. Code-named “Operation Husky,” the Invasion of Sicily was the Canadian Army’s first large-scale campaign of the Second World War; this sixth coin in...

This 14-coin set invites collectors on a colourful cross-country tour, courtesy of Canada’s most widely recognized heraldic emblems. Each province and territory is emblematically represented on one of thirteen 25-cent coins that bear coloured arms,...