Silver Coins

A CULTURAL CELEBRATIONr Post and the Royal Canadian mint are pleased to jointly commemorate the Lunar New Year with this exclusive year of the Ram keepsake. This set features: Sterling Silver Coin with Gold Plated Cameo; Stamp Souvenir...

A CULTURAL CELEBRATION Post and the Royal Canadian mint are pleased to jointly commemorate the Lunar New Year with this exclusive year of the Dragon keepsake. This set features: Sterling Silver Coin with 24- Karat with Gold Plated Cameo; Stamp...

2004 $8 Stamp and Coin Set - The Grizzly Bear Few of us have seen this awesome resident of the wild, yet the grizzly bear is very much a part of us, a part of Canada. And the simple knowledge that it is out there, ruling the wilderness, draws countless...

Once plentiful as far south as the St. Laurence Gulf, the Atlantic walrus fell prey to the whaling industry of the 19th century. Today, its range within Canada is limited to the eastern Arctic and Hudson Bay with occasional sightings along the Labrador...

Cats of Canada Sterling Silver 50c 1999 Issued in 1999 to honour four species of domestic and wild felines found in Canada, a salute to our rich Canadian wildlife. Each set includes the Tonkinese, the Lynx, the Cymric and the Cougar. Each Wildlife...

Although green thinking is familiar to us today, at the dawn of the twentieth century people saw the economic good sense of managing resources for efficiency and profit. Increasingly, though, this pragmatic conservationism was bolstered by the growing...

It was the Second World War that really brought Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) to fruition. More than 120 corvettes were built to become the guardians of the North Atlantic escorting convoys and attacking submarines that had so threatened the fledgling navy...

On February 23, 1909, on a frozen lake in Nova Scotia, a silver-winged "aerodrome" amazed onlookers as it flew 0.8 km (0.5 mi) to complete the first airplane flight in Canada. Designed and built by the Aerial Experiment Association under Alexander Graham...

In 1608, Samuel de Champlain landed on the shores of the St. Lawrence River at a place the Algonquin people called Kebek. "Where the river narrows" was a popular spot where they came to fish and to barter. For nearly one hundred years prior, the French...

2003 Sheep $15 Lunar Silver/Gold Coin The comfort of friends at Christmas - and if one of them is a caring, good Samaritan, chances are he/she is a Ram. Check your calendar! 2003 is the Year of the Ram and if this wonderful person was born in 1907,...

2001 Snake $15 Lunar Silver/Gold Coin This year the 24-karat gold-plated central cameo features the Snake. Philosophical and strategic, the Snake possesses a natural charisma that can hypnotize. It is often regarded as the most enigmatic sign of the...