The Canadian Coast Guard is celebrating 50 years of exceptional service in 2012, and the Royal Canadian Mint is delighted to mark this anniversary by issuing a 99.99 per cent fine silver coin featuring the flagship icebreaker CCGS Louis S. St-Laurent hard at work in the frozen waters of the Canadian Arctic. The full release … Read more
Two hundred years after the start of the conflict in 1812, the Royal Canadian Mint is proud to announce the launch of a series of five new commemorative circulation coins celebrating the 200th anniversary of the War of 1812. The first of these coins, which begins circulating June 18, is a two-dollar circulation coin commemorating … Read more
The Royal Canadian Mint achieved a record $3.2 billion in revenues and pre-tax profits of $43.8 million in 2011, the corporation's fourth highest ever net income. All four of the Mint's business lines were profitable in 2011, with its numismatics and collectibles business achieving its best results ever and bullion posting the highest sales of … Read more
At the Royal Canadian Mint's high-speed manufacturing facility in Winnipeg, Finance Minister Jim Flaherty (Whitby-Oshawa, ON) struck the last penny to be produced for Canadian circulation. President and CEO of the Royal Canadian Mint Ian E. Bennett said that the Mint has proudly produced the penny to satisfy the needs of Canada's trade and commerce … Read more
The Royal Canadian Mint released its exquisite new collector coins, which add to the ongoing celebration of the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II. New coins from the Mint also respectfully remember the sinking of RMS Titanic, a historic tragedy, which occurred near Canada's shores 100 years ago. President and CEO of the Royal Canadian … Read more
The Royal Canadian Mint announced that Canadians can collect a new 2011-dated 25-cent circulation coin celebrating the majestic Peregrine falcon. This new coin, which entered circulation March 5, 2012, joins a one-dollar circulation coin dedicated to the centennial of Parks Canada; a two-dollar coin featuring Canada's Boreal Forest; and 25-cent coins honouring the Wood Bison … Read more
At the Maritime Museum of the Atlantic in Halifax, the Royal Canadian Mint unveiled a 99.99 per cent pure silver collector coin with a $10 face value to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the RMS Titanic. The Mint has also produced two additional collector coins, both with colour, to mark the historic … Read more
The Royal Canadian Mint issued a statement on Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II's accession to the throne, 60 years ago. President and CEO of the Royal Canadian Mint Ian E. Bennett said that the Mint has a long history of honouring royal milestones and through an array of finely crafted Diamond Jubilee collector coins, the … Read more
The Royal Canadian Mint announced that a one-once silver bullion coin featuring the Canadian moose is the latest addition to its pure silver bullion collection. The Mint said that two more special issue coins will be released by early 2013. Ian E. Bennett, president and CEO of the Royal Canadian Mint, said that the Mint … Read more
The Royal Canadian Mint added a new title to its list of Krause Publications Coin of the Year awards, as its 2010, 14-Karat Gold Coin-400th Anniversary of the Discovery of Hudson's Bay won the Most Historically Significant Coin award category. The award will be presented to the mint on Feb. 4, 2012 at the World … Read more
