Royal Canadian Mint numismatic coins (20th century)

One of the most highly profitable aspects of the Royal Canadian Mint’s enterprise is in its Numismatic product line.^[1] One^[who?] could argue that the first Numismatic coin from RCM was the 1935 dollar to commemorate the Silver Jubilee of His Majesty King George V. This was meant for circulation but it was the first Canadian coin which commemorated a special event. The decision to issue this coin was made in October 1934 by then-Prime Minister R.B. Bennett.^[2] There were economic and patriotic incentives for the release of a silver dollar. The belief was that the silver mining industry would receive a boost. The interest would be generated from a circular advertising its intention to produce the coin. In future years, this piece would have a more emotional meaning for many Canadians because it was also the first coin to have the Voyageur motif on its reverse.

Please see Royal Canadian Mint Numismatic Coins (2000s) for any coins produced after 1999.

Please see Canadian Silver Maple Leaf for any Coloured or Hologram Maple Leaf coins

Olympic coins

Please see Royal Canadian Mint Olympic Coins for coin specifications

Most numismatists^[who?] agree that the first true numismatic collection was the Olympic Five and Ten Dollar coins for the 1976 Montreal Olympics. Starting in 1973, the RCM issued four coin sets (two five dollar coins and two ten dollar coins). At the behest of the Federal Government, led by then-Prime Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau, it was agreed that these coins would help finance while commemorate the 1976 Summer Olympics. The plan was to have thirty coins, twenty-eight silver coins with face values of $5 and $10, and two gold coins. Due to the incredibly high mintage (over 20 million coins were produced), these coins have no investment value whatsoever. Most of these coins today are usually sold for their silver content.

After the Olympic coin venture, the numismatic line expanded to include $100 Gold coins. These were premium coins that sold for higher than face value. The common issue price from 1977 to 1979 ranged from $140 to $180. The cases for these coins tended to be brown or black leatherette cases with maroon or blue inserts, and a Certificate of Authenticity. Of all these coins, the only one that had any significant increase in value on the secondary market was the 2002 Alberta Strikes Oil coin.

Heading into the 1980s, the Olympics would return to Canada. The city of Calgary would host the 1988 Winter Olympics. Starting in 1985, the Federal Government, under the leadership of then-Prime Minister Brian Mulroney, issued a ten coin set to help finance and commemorate the Olympic games. These coins were issued in Proof quality only, and were sold with the partnership of the Royal Bank of Canada. Part of the agreement with Royal Bank was that these coins could be redeemed for their face value. Unlike the Montreal coins, mintage was limited to 5,000,000 coins and this would mark the first time that any silver coin had edge lettering on it. Said lettering was 'XV OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES - JEUX D'OLYMPIQUES D'HIVER.'

On February 23, 2007, the Royal Canadian Mint held a press conference in Calgary, Alberta to announce the release of the Vancouver Olympic commemorative coins. The newest denomination for the Vancouver Olympic coins is twenty-five dollars.^[3] The twenty-five dollar coins are the first Modern Olympic coins ever to have a hologram on the reverse.

The birth of luxury coins

Expansion in the numismatic line was a key element of the 1990s. The first significant sign was the birth of the Two Hundred Dollar Gold coins. Starting in 1990, this coin was sold for a higher price than its face value. The first coin commemorated the Silver Jubilee of Canada's flag and sold for $395.00. The superstar of this collection would be the Canadian Native Cultures and Traditions coins. These coins were minted from 1997 to 2000. The Haida coin has been an award winning coin for the RCM taking the Best Coin Award at the 1997 Singapore International Coin Show.^[4]

This was only the beginning for the RCM. The advent of the Two Hundred Dollar Gold series was quickly joined by a Platinum series. These high quality collector coins solidified the RCM's entry into the luxury coin market. A four coin set with face values of $30, $75, $150, and $300 respectively were complemented by the high quality artwork that adorned these luxury items. Famed artists such as Robert Bateman and Glen Loates contributed to these collections with polar bear and bird designs. The issue price for these collections was around $1,990 and the casing was a walnut or burgundy (for 1994) case with a black suede four hole insert and a Certificate of Authenticity.

Expansion and innovation

A long overdue project was launched in 1995 when fifty cent coins became part of the numismatic line. For decades, fifty cent coins were part of the standard sets but were never really marketed as their own numismatic product. Truly a favourite among collectors, the Discovering Nature Series marked the first numismatic coins with a face value of fifty cents. Marketed as a 32 coin set with one set released on an annual basis, the decade would close with another fifty cent series. A coin set to honour Canadian sports first was released.

The decade also saw the birth of several new coin series which used innovative techniques that had never been before. These techniques were the use of a gold cameo in the coin. The first set that was part of this great innovation was the Aviation Collection, which debuted in 1990. The Canadian aviation heroes were commemorated on a twenty coin set. A RCM first was the fact that every coin in the collection consisted of a 24 karat gold covered oval cameo portrait of the aviation hero. The coin itself featured a different plane ranging from the Gypsy Moth to the legendary Avro Arrow. These were proof coins while the case of issue was an aluminum case in the shape of a wing.

A new coin series which not only increased awareness in the RCM but acknowledged Canada's cultural differences was launched near the end of the decade. The Chinese Lunar New Year Collection debuted in 1998 with the Year of the Tiger coin. The centre featured the fierce Tiger in a gold plated cameo while the rim found the Tiger surrounded by all twelve animal zodiacs. All the images from this collection are courtesy of artist Harvey Chan. With a face value of $15, this set will see its end in 2009 with the Year of the Ox.

Chinese Lunar New Year Coin Series

Year	Theme	Artist	Mintage	Issue Price
1998	Year of the Tiger	Harvey Chan	68,888	$68.88
1999	Year of the Rabbit	Harvey Chan	77,791	$72.88

Commemorative Silver Dollar Series

1935-1980

Year	Theme	Artist	Mintage	Issue Price
1935	Voyageur Dollar	Emanuel Hahn	428,707	$1.00
1939	Royal Visit	Emanuel Hahn	1,363,816	$1.00
1949	Newfoundland Entry Into Confederation	Thomas Shingles	672,218	$1.00
1958	Totem Pole	Stephan Trenka	3,039,630	$1.00
1964	Confederation Meetings Commemorative	Dinko Vodanovic	7,296,832	$1.00
1967	Canadian Centennial	Alex Colville and Myron Cook	6,767,496	$1.00
1971	B.C. Centennial	Patrick Brindley	585,217	$3.00
1973	RCMP Centennial	Paul Cedarberg	904,723	$3.00
1974	Winnipeg Centennial	Paul Pederson	628,183	$3.50
1975	Calgary Stampede Centennial	D.D. Paterson	833,095	$3.50
1976	Library of Parliament Centennial	Patrick Brindley and Walter Ott	483,722	$4.00
1977	Silver Jubilee of Elizabeth II	Raymond Lee	744,848	$4.25
1978	Commonwealth Games	Raymond Taylor	640,000	$4.50
1979	Griffon Tricentennial	Walter Schluep	688,671	$5.50
1980	Arctic Territories Centennial	D.D. Paterson	389,564	$22.00

1981-1999

NOTE: 1981 was the first year that the RCM issued two different qualities of silver dollars. One version was the Proof, which composed of a frosted relief against a parallel lined background. The second version was the Brilliant Uncirculated. The finish is classified as a brilliant relief on a brilliant background.

Year	Theme	Artist	Mintage (Proof)	Issue Price (Proof)	Mintage (BU)	Issue Price (BU)
1981	Canadian Pacific Railway Centennial	Christopher Gorey	353,742	$18.00	148,647	$14.00
1982	Regina Centennial	Huntley Brown	577,959	$15.25	144,989	$10.95
1983	World University Games	Carola Tietz	340,068	$16.15	159,450	$10.95
1984	Toronto Sesquicentennial	D.J. Craig	571,079	$17.50	133,563	$11.40
1985	National Parks Centennial	Karel Rohlicek	537,297	$17.50	162,873	$12.00
1986	Vancouver Centennial	Elliott John Morrison	496,418	$18.00	124,574	$12.25
1987	John Davis 300th Anniversary	Christopher Gorey	405,688	$19.00	118,722	$14.00
1988	Saint-Maurice Ironworks	R.R. Carmichael	259,230	$20.00	106,702	$15.00
1989	Mackenzie River Bicentennial	John Mardon	272,319	$21.75	110,650	$16.25
1990	Henry Kelsey Tricentennial	D.J. Craig	222,983	$22.95	85,763	$16.75
1991	Frontenac	D.J. Craig	222,892	$22.95	82,642	$16.75
1992	Kingston to York Stagecoach	Karsten Smith	187,612	$23.95	78,160	17.50
1993	Stanley Cup Centennial	Stewart Sherwood	294,214	$23.95	88,150	$17.50
1994	RCMP Northern Dog Team	Ian D. Sparkes	178,485	$24.50	65,295	$17.95
1995	325th Anniv. Hudson's Bay Company	Vincent McIndoe	166,259	$24.50	61,819	$17.95
1996	John McIntosh, McIntosh Apple	Roger Hill	133,779	$29.95	58,834	$19.95
1997	25th Anniversary of Canada/Russia Summit Series	Walter Burden	184,965	$29.95	155,252	$19.95
1997	10th Anniversary of Loon Dollar	Jean-Luc Grondin	24,995	$49.95	No BU Exists	N/A
1998	125th Anniversary of RCMP	Adeline Halvorson	130,795	$29.95	81,376	$19.95
1999	225th Anniversary of the Voyage of Juan Perez	D.J. Craig	126,435	$29.95	67,655	$19.95
1999	International Year of Older Persons	S. Armstrong-Hodgins	24,976	$49.95	No BU Exists	N/A

Numismatic One and Five Cents

One Cent

Year	Theme	Artist	Mintage	Issue Price
1998	Part of 90th Anniversary of Royal Canadian Mint set. Coins were Matte Finish.	Ago Aarand	24,893	$99.00
1998	Part of 90th Anniversary of Royal Canadian Mint set. Coins were Mirror Finish.	Ago Aarand	18,376	$99.00

Five Cents

Year	Theme	Artist	Mintage	Issue Price
1998	Part of 90th Anniversary of Royal Canadian Mint set. Coins were Matte Finish.	Ago Aarand	24,893	$99.00
1998	Part of 90th Anniversary of Royal Canadian Mint set. Coins were Mirror Finish.	Ago Aarand	18,376	$99.00

Numismatic Ten Cents

Year	Theme	Artist	Mintage	Issue Price
1997	500th Anniversary, John Cabot	Donald H. Curley	49,848	$10.95
1998	Part of 90th Anniversary of Royal Canadian Mint set. Coins were Matte Finish.	Ago Aarand	24,893	$99.00
1998	Part of 90th Anniversary of Royal Canadian Mint set. Coins were Mirror Finish.	Ago Aarand	18,376	$99.00

Numismatic 25-cent Pieces

Year	Theme	Artist	Mintage	Issue Price	Special Notes
1998	Part of 90th Anniversary of Royal Canadian Mint set.	Ago Aarand	$99.00	24,893	Coins were Matte Finish.
1998	Part of 90th Anniversary of Royal Canadian Mint set.	Ago Aarand	$99.00	18,376	Coins were Mirror Finish.
1999	Millennium Proof Coins	Various	171,659	$14.95 each, $149.95 for 12 coin set	Also sold as a twelve coin set

Numismatic Fifty-Cent Collections

Discovering Nature Series

Year	Theme	Artist	Finish	Issue Price (For Two Coin Set)	Total Mintage	Designs
1995	Birds of Canada	Jean-Luc Grondin	Proof	$29.95	172,377	Atlantic Puffins, Whooping Crane, Gray Jays, and White Tailed Ptarmigans
1996	Little Wild Ones	Dwayne Harty	Proof	$29.95	206,552	Moose Calf, Wood Ducklings, Cougar Kittens, and Black Bear Cubs
1997	Canada’s Best Friends	Arnold Nogy	Proof	$59.95	184,536	Newfoundland, Nova Scotia Duck Toting Retriever, Labrador Retriever, Canadian Eskimo Dog
1998	Canada’s Ocean Giants	Pierre Leduc	Proof	$59.95	133,310	Killer Whale, Humpback Whale, Beluga Whale, Blue Whale
1999	Cats of Canada	John Crosby	Proof	$59.95	83,423	Tonkinese, Lynx, Cymric, Cougar

90th Anniversary of Royal Canadian Mint

Year	Theme	Artist	Issue Price	Mintage
1998	Part of 90th Anniversary of Royal Canadian Mint set. Coins were Matte Finish.	Ago Aarand	$99.00	24,893
1998	Part of 90th Anniversary of Royal Canadian Mint set. Coins were Mirror Finish.	Ago Aarand	$99.00	18,376

Canadian Sports Series

Year	Coin No 1	Coin No 2	Coin No 3	Coin No 4	Artist	Finish	Issue Price (For Four Coin Set)	Total Mintage
1998	First Amateur Figure Skating Championships 1888	First Cdn Ski Running and Jump Championships 1898	First Overseas Cdn Soccer Tour of 1888	Gilles Villeneuve, Grand Prix of Canada Victory, 1978	Friedrich G. Peter	Proof	$59.95	56,428
1999	First Cdn Open Golf Championship, 1904	First International Yacht Race, US vs. Canada, 1874	First Grey Cup, 1904	Invention of Basketball by James A. Naismith, 1891	Donald H. Curley	Proof	$59.95	52,115

Source:^[5]

Numismatic Five Dollars

Five Dollars

Year	Theme	Artist	Mintage	Issue Price
1998	Norman Bethune (part of joint coin set with China)	Harry Chan	65,831	$98.00
1999	Viking Settlement (part of joint coin set with Norway)	Donald Curley	28,450	N/A

Twenty Dollars

Year	Plane	Artist	Mintage	Issue Price	Composition
1967	Gold Confederation Coin (part of $40 Specimen Set)	Myron Cook	334,288	$40.00 (for set)	90% gold, 10% copper

Aviation Collection

The collection consists of two series of coins. Both series compose of 10 coins each, respectively. Two coins were issued a year for ten years, starting in 1990. All coins were of proof quality, and each coin featured a gold oval cameo with the image of one of Canada’s aviation heroes.

Series One (1990-1994)

Year	Plane	Aviation Hero	Artist	Mintage	Issue Price
1990	Avro Anson and the North American Harvard	Robert Leckie	R.R. Carmichael and Geoff Bennett	41,844	$55.50
1990	Avro Lancaster	John Emilius Fauquier	R.R. Carmichael	43,596	$55.50
1991	AEA Silver Dart	F.W. Baldwin and John A.D. McCurdy	George Velinger	35,202	$55.50
1991	de Havilland Beaver	Phillip C. Garratt	Peter Mossman	36,197	$55.50
1992	Curtiss JN-4 (Canuck)	Sir Frank Wilton Baillie	George Velinger	33,105	$55.50
1992	de Havilland Gypsy Moth	Murton A. Seymour	John Mardon	32,537	$55.50
1993	Fairchild 71c	James A. Richardson	R.R. Carmichael	32,199	$55.50
1993	Lockheed 14 Super Electra	Zebulon Lewis Leigh	R.R. Carmichael	32,550	$55.50
1994	Curtiss HS-2L	Stuart Graham	John Mardon	31,242	$55.50
1994	Canadian Vickers Vedette	Wilfrid T. Reid	R.R. Carmichael	30,880	$55.50

Series Two (1995-1999)

Year	Plane	Aviation Hero	Artist	Mintage	Issue Price
1995	Fleet 80 Canuck	J. Omer (Bob) Noury	W.C. Russell Brannock	17,438	$57.95
1995	DHC-1 Chipmunk	J. Omer (Bob) Noury	W.C. Russell Brannock	17,722	$57.95
1996	Avro Canada CF-100 Canuck	Janusz Żurakowski	Jim Bruce	18,508	$57.95
1996	Avro Canada CF-105 Arrow	Jim Chamberlin	Jim Bruce	27,163	$57.95
1997	Canadair F-86 Sabre	Fern Villeneuve	Robert Bradford	16,440	$57.95
1997	Canadair CT-114 Tutor	Edward Higgins	Robert Bradford	18,414	$57.95
1998	Canadair CP-107 Argus	William S. Longhurst	Peter Mossman	14,711	$57.95
1998	Canadair CL-215 Waterbomber	Paul Gagnon	Peter Mossman	15,237	$57.95
1999	de Havilland DHC-6 Twin Otter	George A. Neal	Neil Aird	14,173	$57.95
1999	de Havilland DHC-8 Dash 8	Robert H. (Bob) Fowler	Neil Aird	14,138	$57.95

• NOTE: The 1998 coins were offered in a special gift box with two cardboard models of the Argus and the Waterbomber.

100 Dollar Gold

Year	Theme	Artist	Mintage	Issue Price
1976	Olympic Commemorative (14k)	Dora de Pédery-Hunt	650,000	$105.00
1976	Olympic Commemorative (22k)	Dora de Pédery-Hunt	350,000	$150.00
1977	Silver Jubilee, Queen Elizabeth II	Raymond Lee	180,396	$140.00
1978	Canadian Unity Coin	Roger Savage	200,000	$150.00
1979	International Year of Child	Carola Tietz	250,000	$185.00
1980	Arctic Territories	Arnaldo Marchetti	130,000	$430.00
1981	O Canada Commemorative	Roger Savage	100,950	$300.00
1982	Patriation of Constitution	Friedrich Peter	121,706	$290.00
1983	Sir Humphrey Gilbert’s Landing (See Note 1)	John Jaciw	83,128	$310.00
1984	Jacques Cartier Voyage of Discovery	Carola Tietz	67,662	$325.00
1985	National Parks Centenary	Hector Greville	58,520	$325.00
1986	International Year of Peace	Dora de Pédery-Hunt	76,255	$325.00
1987	XV Olympic Winter Games	Friedrich Peter	145,175	$255.00
1988	The Bowhead Whale	Robert R. Carmichael	52,239	$255.00
1989	Sainte-Marie	David J. Craig	63,881	$245.00
1990	International Literacy Year	John Mardon	49,940	$245.00
1991	Empress of India	Karsten Smith	33,966	$245.00
1992	City of Montreal, 350th Anniversary	Stewart Sherwood	28,190	$239.85
1993	Era of the Horseless Carriage	John Mardon	25,971	$239.85
1994	The Home Front	Paraskeva Clark	17,603	$249.95
1995	Founding of Louisbourg	Lewis Parker	16,916	$249.95
1996	First Major Gold Discovery in the Klondike	John Mantha	650,000	$259.95
1997	150th Anniversary, Alexander Graham Bell	Donald H. Curley	14,030	$259.95
1998	75th Anniv., Nobel Prize for Discovery of Insulin	Robert R. Carmichael	11,220	$259.95
1999	50th Anniv, Newfoundland’s Confederation with Canada	J. Gale-Vaillancourt	10,242	$259.95

NOTE 1: The word CANADA appears on the edge for the first time in Canadian coinage.

200 Dollar Gold

Year	Theme	Artist	Mintage	Issue Price
1990	Canada Flag Silver Jubilee	Stewart Sherwood	20,980	$395.00
1991	A National Passion (Hockey)	Stewart Sherwood	10,215	$425.00
1992	Niagara Falls	John Mardon	9,465	$389.65
1993	Royal Canadian Mounted Police	Stewart Sherwood	10,807	$389.65
1994	Anne of Green Gables	Pheobe Gilman	10,655	$399.95
1995	The Sugar Bush	J.D. Mantha	9,579	$399.95
1996	Transcontinental Landscape	Suzanne Duranceau	8,047	$414.95

Celebrating Canadian Native Cultures and Traditions

Year	Theme	Artist	Mintage	Issue Price
1997	Haida “Raven Bringing Light to the World”	Robert Davidson	11,610	$414.95
1998	The Legend of the White Buffalo	Alex Janvier	7,149	$414.95
1999	Mikmaq Butterfly	Alan Syliboy	6,510	$414.95
2000	Mother and Child	Germaine Arnaktauyok	10,000	$409.95

350 Dollar Gold

Year	Theme	Artist	Mintage	Issue Price
1998	90th Anniversary of the Royal Canadian Mint	Pierre Leduc	1,999	$999.99

Provincial Flowers

Year	Theme	Artist	Mintage	Issue Price
1999	The Golden Slipper (Flower of Prince Edward Island)	Henry Purdy	1,990	$999.99

Platinum coins

Canadian Wildlife Series

Year	Theme	Face Values	Artist	Issue Price	Mintage	Finish
1990	Polar Bears	$30, $75, $150, $300	Robert Bateman	$1,990.00	2,629	Proof
1991	Snowy Owls	$30, $75, $150, $300	Glen Loates	$1,990.00	1,164	Proof
1992	Cougars	$30, $75, $150, $300	George McLean	$1,955.00	1,081	Proof
1993	Arctic Foxes	$30, $75, $150, $300	Claude D’Angelo	$1,955.00	1,033	Proof
1994	Sea Otters	$30, $75, $150, $300	Ron S. Parker.	$1,995.00	766	Proof

Endangered Wildlife Series

Year	Theme	Face Values	Artist	Issue Price	Mintage	Finish
1995	Canadian Lynx	$30, $75, $150, $300	Michael Dumas	$1,950.00	682	Proof
1996	Peregrine Falcon	$30, $75, $150, $300	Dwayne Harty	$2,095.95	675	Proof
1997	Wood Bison	$30, $75, $150, $300	Chris Bacon	$1,950.00	413	Proof
1998	Grey Wolf	$30, $75, $150, $300	Kerr Burnett	$2,095.00	Proof
1999	Muskox	$30, $75, $150, $300	Mark Hobson	$2,095.95	495	Proof

Definition of finishes

• Bullion: Brilliant relief against a parallel lined background.
• Proof: Frosted relief against a mirror background
• Specimen: Brilliant relief on a satin background.

Mint marks

• A – Used on 2005 Palladium Test Coin to signify the coins were struck from Lot A.

• B – Used on 2005 Palladium Test Coin to signify the coins were struck from Lot B.

• C - Placed on sovereigns produced at the Ottawa branch of the Royal Mint, between 1908 and 1919.

• Dot – In December 1936, King Edward VIII abdicated the throne in favour of his brother, who would become King George VI. The problem was that the Royal Mint was designing the effigy of King Edward VIII and now a new effigy would need to be created. The 1, 10 and 25 cent pieces in 1937 would be struck from dies with a 1936 date on the reverse. To distinguish that these coins were issued in 1937, a Dot Mint Mark was placed on the 1936 dies, and could be found beneath the year. These coins fulfilled demand for coins until new coinage tools with the effigy of King George VI were ready. While the 10 and 25 cent coins are more common, the 1 cent coins are rare, with about a half-dozen known to exist.

• H – Used to identify coins that were struck for Canada by the Birmingham Mint, also known as the Heaton Mint, until 1907.

• Innukshuk - All circulation coins for the 2010 Vancouver Olympics have the Innukshuk Mint Mark on the Obverse of the coin.

• International Polar Year - The obverse of the 2007 International Polar Year $20 Numismatic Coin has the logo for the International Polar Year on the obverse of the coin.

• Maple Leaf – All coins with a Maple Leaf Mint Mark were struck in 1948 due to an emergency with coin toolage. The granting of India’s independence resulted in the removal of IND:IMP (meaning Emperor of India) from King George VI’s effigy. Due to the demand for circulation coins in 1948, coins for 1948 could not be struck until the new tools were received. The new tools would have the IND:IMP removed from them. In the meanwhile, coins were produced in 1948 with a year of 1947 on them. A small Maple Leaf Mint Mark was struck beside 1947 on the reverse of all coins to signify the year of production.

• P – From 2001-2006, most one cent, five cents, ten cents, twenty-five cents, and fifty cents issued for circulation were struck with a P Mint Mark to represent the Royal Canadian Mint’s plating process.

• Paralympic Logo - All circulation coins for the 2010 Vancouver Paralympic Games have the Paralympic Games logo on the Obverse of the coin.

• RCM Logo – At the CNA Convention in July 2006, the RCM unveiled its new Mint Mark to be used on all circulation and numismatic coinage. The agenda behind the implementation of this new Mint Mark was to help increase the RCM’s image as a brand. The aim of the logo is to educate coin users and coin collectors, respectively, that the RCM is minting Canada’s coins. The first Circulation Coin to have this new Mint Mark is the 10th Anniversary Two-Dollar coin. The first Numismatic Coin to have this new Mint Mark is the Snowbirds Coin and Stamp Set.^[6]

• T/É - In an effort to push the standard of quality higher, the RCM started to experiment with a gold bullion coin that would have a purity of 99.999%. The result was a Gold Maple Leaf Test Bullion coin with the Mint Mark of T/É (to signify Test/Épreuve). The date on the obverse of the coin was 2007 and it had a mintage of 500.

• Teddy Bear - When the RCM released its Baby Lullabies and CD Set, a sterling silver one dollar coin was included in the set. The one dollar coin included a mint mark of a teddy bear.

• W - Used occasionally on specimen sets produced in Winnipeg, starting in 1998.

• W/P - Used on the Special Edition Uncirculated Set of 2003. The W mint mark stated that the coin was produced in Winnipeg and the P states that the coins are plated.

References

1. ^ Royal Canadian Mint 2006 Annual Report, page 4
2. ^ Striking Impressions, James A. Haxby, 1983, p.139, ISBN 0-660-91234-1
3. ^ "Olympic commems to sport $25 face, Bret Evans, Canadian Coin News, January 9 to 22, 2007
4. ^ www.mint.ca, Path on site: The Passion, The Museum, Award Winning Coins
5. ^ Charlton Standard Catalogue of Canadian Coins, 60th Edition
6. ^ Coin World, Vol. 47, Issue 2417, Page 74, August 7, 2006

• Charlton Standard Catalogue of Canadian Coins, 60th Edition, 2006, W.K. Cross

External links

• Royal Canadian Mint's Official Website
• Royal Canadian Mint Act
• Royal Canadian Numismatic Association
• Numismatic Network Canada
• Canadian Coin News