The Royal Canadian Mint Introduces the Gift of Pure Gold and Silver With Premium Bullion in Special Packaging
OTTAWA, ON, Dec. 2, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- The Royal Canadian Mint is introducing a convenient way to give the gift of pure gold or silver with its new Premium Bullion in special packaging products. Starting today, collectors and gift-givers can mark life's special moments with a choice of a 1/10th...
The Royal Canadian Mint's Recognition Medal Wins International Award for Best Currency Initiative in Response to the Covid-19 Pandemic
Recognition Medal raised almost $750,000 for Breakfast Club of Canada OTTAWA, ON, Sept. 29, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- The Royal Canadian Mint is honoured that its Recognition Medal earned the International Association of Currency Affairs (IACA) special award for the Best Currency Initiative Implement...
Royal Canadian Mint $2 Circulation Coin Marks the 100Th Anniversary of the Discovery of Insulin
OTTAWA, ON, July 13, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- The Royal Canadian Mint is issuing a new$2 circulation coin celebrating the fact that, 100 years ago, four researchers achieved a Canadian medical breakthrough that changed the world forever. In 1921, the collaboration of Frederick Banting,Charles Best, ...
Royal Canadian Mint Reports Profits and Performance for Q1 2021
OTTAWA, ON, May 22, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- The Royal Canadian Mint (the "Mint") is pleased to announce its financial results for the first quarter of 2021 that provide insight into our activities, the markets influencing our businesses and our expectations for the next 12 months. "The Mint's stron...
Royal Canadian Mint Reports Profits and Performance for 2020
OTTAWA, ON, May 1, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- The Royal Canadian Mint (the "Mint") is
pleased to announce its financial results for 2020 that provide insight into
our activities, the markets influencing our businesses and our expectations for
the next 12 months.
The Royal Canadian Mint and Britain's Royal Mint Team Up to Celebrate The Queen's 95th Birthday
OTTAWA, ON, April 6, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Canadians and well-wishers across the United Kingdom can celebrate the 95th birthday of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II with a special coin set featuring fine silver keepsakes crafted by both the Royal Canadian Mint andBritain's Royal Mint. Canada's tribut...
Roaring Debut for the Reaper of Death as it Dominates The Royal Canadian Mint's Latest Collector Coin Offering
OTTAWA, ON, March 3, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Greek for "Reaper of Death", the Thanatotheristes degrootorum is a fascinating find for Canada: the first new tyrannosaur species to be discovered in the country in over 50 years. Paleoartist Julius Csotonyi, who was the first to ever illustrate the fears...
Canada's Black Loyalists Honoured on Royal Canadian Mint's New Silver Coin Celebrating Black History
OTTAWA, ON, Feb. 2, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- The Mint is proud to launch a new silver collector coin honouring the Black Loyalists. Mint engravers meticulously reproduced the armorial bearings of the Black Loyalist Heritage Society as a tribute to the free and enslaved Black people who re-settled to ...
Canada's History and Diverse Culture Captured on Two New Gold Royal Canadian Mint Masterpieces
Klondike gold discovery commemorated in 5-9s pure gold and Ukrainian art of Pysanka shines on an egg-shaped coin OTTAWA, ON, Jan. 28, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- The Royal Canadian Mint has launched two new gold coins that mark important chapters in Canadian history and shine a bright light on homegrow...
The Mint Kicks Off The New Year by Celebrating the 100th Anniversary of Bluenose
OTTAWA, Ontario, Jan. 12, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- The Royal Canadian Mint is launching a year-long celebration ofBluenose with a pair of coins dedicated to the famously swift sailing ship. The annual$100 Pure Gold Coin and Proof Silver Dollar share the thrilling story of an impeccably crafted schoon...
The Royal Canadian Mint's First-Ever Coloured Loonie Marks the 75th Anniversary Of The Signing Of The United Nations Charter
OTTAWA, Ontario, Oct. 22, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- In 1945, 51 nations, including Canada, signed a treaty to establish a new world body with four fundamental goals: to save succeeding generations from the scourge of war; champion human rights; foster respect for international law and treaties; and pr...
The Glowing Vision of a UFO Observed Over Clarenville, Newfoundland and Labrador Comes to Life on New Royal Canadian Mint Collector Coin
OTTAWA, Ontario, Oct. 9, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- The Mint has added to its extra-popularCanada's Unexplained Phenomena series by telling the strange story of the 1978 UFO sighting in the skies ofClarenville, Newfoundland and Labrador. The Clarenville Event is vividly illustrated on a new glow-in-the...
Royal Canadian Mint $2 circulation coin celebrates 75th anniversary of the allied victory that ended the Second World War
OTTAWA, Ontario, Sept. 2, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- The Royal Canadian Mint is proud to launch a$2 circulation coin celebrating the 75th anniversary of the end of the Second World War and the Canadians who defeated enemies of freedom after six long years of service on the battlefield and on the home f...
Golden Celebration of Arctic Culture and Natural Resources Headlines Royal Canadian Mint's September Collector Coin Launch
OTTAWA, Ontario, Sept. 2, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- The Royal Canadian Mint has proudly issued a new collector coin crafted entirely ofNunavut-sourced gold. Entirely Arctic, from its design to its metal content, the reverse of the 2020 $10 Pure Gold Coin - An Inuk and a Qulliq, is the creation of Nunav...
The Royal Canadian Mint Recognizes the 150th Anniversary of the Northwest Territories in its Newest Suite of Collector Coins
Silver coin illustrating the diverse Indigenous cultures of the Northwest Territories designed by Inuvialuk artist Myrna Pokiak OTTAWA, Aug. 6, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- True to its commitment to celebrating Canada's history, cultures and values, the Royal Canadian Mint has issued a collector coin in...
The Royal Canadian Mint reinvents the coin with its first-ever collectible in the shape of a real cut diamond
OTTAWA, Ontario, March 3, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Breaking the mold to prove there can be more than two sides to a coin, the Royal Canadian Mint has proudly created a collectible in the three-dimensional shape of a real cut diamond. The 2020$50 Fine Silver Diamond Shaped Coin - Forevermark© Diamond ...
The Royal Canadian Mint Launches its Largest-Ever Gold Maple Leaf Coin
TORONTO, March 2, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- The Royal Canadian Mint has produced the largest Gold Maple Leaf coin ever made, struck in exquisite detail and high relief at the Mint'sOttawa facility. As the only Mint in the world crafting coins from 99.999% pure gold, the 10-kilogram product offers coll...
Pure Gold and Silver Collector Coins Struck for First Time at the Royal Canadian Mint's Winnipeg Facility
WINNIPEG, Manitoba, Dec. 4, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- For the first time since it opened its doors 43 years ago, the Royal Canadian Mint'sWinnipeg facility has struck pure gold and fine silver numismatic coins. These special collectibles are the product of a unique marriage of expertise betweenWinnip...
The "Little Iron Horse" Stands Tall in Black and Gold on a New Royal Canadian Mint Coin
OTTAWA, Ontario, Nov. 6, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Nearly 400 years after the Canadian horse was first brought toCanada by the settlers of New France, the "little iron horse" that helped build a nation is being celebrated on a pure silver Royal Canadian Mint coin that combines gold and black rhodium p...
Royal Canadian Mint Silver Collector Coin Honours Metis Leader and Father of Manitoba Louis Riel
WINNIPEG, Manitoba, Oct. 22, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- The Royal Canadian Mint has unveiled a fine silver Special Edition Proof Dollar marking the 175th anniversary of the birth ofLouis Riel. In addition to featuring an evocative portrait of the founder ofManitoba, this is the first coin produced b...