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The last million circulation pennies! The last million pennies ever distributed by the Royal Canadian Mint are being offered in special commemorative wrap rolls of 50 pennies. Each of the 50 pennies in this roll features G.E. Kruger-Gray's iconic 1937...

Celebrating 25 Years of Canada's Iconic LoonieIn 2012, the Royal Canadian Mint celebrates the 25th anniversary of the Loonie, the iconic Canadian one-dollar coin bearing the image of this great Canadian symbol. Like its namesake, the Loonie has proven...

Celebrate the 100th Anniversary of the Royal Canadian Mint! For a young, growing colony, the opening of a domestic mint was a confident step towards nationhood. In 1931, the Mint transformed from a branch of Britain’s Royal Mint to a wholly...

Theme:Mapping the legacy of war Description: This 250-dollar coin is certified to be 99.99% fine silver with a diameter of 102.1 millimetres and a metal content of 1,000 grams. Canadian artist Luc Normandin designed the reverse which features a period...

Theme:The War of 1812 was a fundamental turning point in Canada’s development as a nation. From the struggle emerged exceptional accounts of some of Canada’s proudest moments. The Royal Canadian Mint is proud to present the War of 1812...

Theme:Mapping the legacy of war. Description:This 1-dollar coin is certified to be 99.99% fine silver with a diameter of 36.07 millimetres and a metal content of 23.17 grams. Canadian artist Tony Bianco designed the reverse which features a montage of...

1935-2010 Limited Edition Proof Silver Dollar - 75th Anniversary of Canada's Voyageur Silver DollarA nation’s character and spirit are often revealed in the designs of its circulation coins. For Canada, no other coin has done this more profoundly...

Crafted in the ultra-high relief of ancient medallic art. Highlights: Rarely does a coin feature a royal effigy on both sides, but every coin in this magnificent series does. Each portrait has the raised edges normally seen on a sculpted military medal...

A hero of the War of 1812! Own a piece of 1812 history! The great Shawnee Chief Tecumseh’s (c.1768-1813) life has fed the imagination of scholars, artists, and poets for 200 years. His death has immortalized him as a legendary Canadian hero, and...

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...

2012: Bicentennial of the War of 1812The War of 1812 was a fundamental turning point in Canada's history, a struggle from which some of Canada's earliest unifying moments emerged. These stories-including that of the Leda-class frigate, HMS Shannon-have...

Features selective pink gold plating! Buy yours today! On January 2, 1908—the day that the Ottawa branch of the Royal Mint was itself freshly minted—Countess Alice Grey, wife of Canada’s ninth Governor-General, Albert Henry George...