History & Events

Freezing Moon reminds us to prepare for the spiritual path that lies ahead during this season of fasting. It’s the eleventh teaching from Grandmother Moon in Anishinaabe tradition that views the moon as a living relation who makes 13 appearances...

Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II is the first monarch to be crowned ‘Queen of Canada’ and it is our third time to portray her on a repoussé-inspired coin. She witnessed key turning points in world history, and shone as a luminary through...

With a country as vast and beautifully diverse as Canada, it is virtually impossible to represent the Canadian experience in a single image. Instead, this 5 oz. fine silver coin gathers several classic Canadian icons to convey a nation’s pride and...

Step into the past with a fully gold-plated 99.999% pure gold tribute to the 1908 British gold sovereign coin, which represents an important piece of the Royal Canadian Mint’s 110-year history. With the exception of the amended date of...

Wind-swept pines. A fur-laden canoe. Aurora borealis dancing overhead. More than 80 years ago, these inspiring images of Canada were combined together in a now-classic design that is reverently known as the Voyageur dollar. The history-inspired image was...

At 11 a.m. on the morning of November 11, 1918, the battlefields suddenly fell silent after four calamitous years that changed Canada forever. This fine silver coin concludes our First World War: Battlefront series; its reverse features a final, powerful...

Step into the past with a fully gold-plated 99.99% pure silver tribute to the 1908 British gold sovereign coin, which represents an important piece of the Royal Canadian Mint’s 110-year history. With the exception of the amended date of...

Each Special Wrap Roll brings together 25 of Canada’s 2018 $2 circulation coins. Wrapped together in solemn remembrance, the mix of engraved-only and coloured versions commemorate the Armistice of 1918 through two images that powerfully symbolize...

The 2018 $2 circulation coin commemorates the centennial of the Armistice of 1918, an agreement for peace after the four long, mud-soaked years of the First World War (1914-1918). Twice featured in this collection, the special issue is an expression of a...

In 1908, the Post Office Department of Canada commemorated the 300th anniversary of the founding of Quebec City with a special issue: the Tercentenary Series of Postal Stamps. The Royal Canadian Mint’s tribute to Canada’s postal heritage...

It is the worst marine disaster along the Pacific Northwest coast: bound for Vancouver and Victoria as well as other ports-of-call along the way, the coastal vessel SS Princess Sophia hit Vanderbilt Reef and eventually foundered on October 25, 1918,...

Canada’s official Flower of Remembrance blooms symbolically each November, when Canadians wear it with solemn pride — but it is forever in bloom on this supremely crafted tribute to the Fallen. The Royal Canadian Mint commemorates the...