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Royal Canadian Mint numismatic coins (2000–2019)

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From 2000 to 2019, there were various technological achievements in Canadian coin minting. The first RCM gold coin to be directly laser etched was the $100 Gold Leduc Oil Fields coin from 2002.[1] The technique would later be used for the 2003 $100 Gold Marquis Wheat coin and the 2004 $20 Iceberg coin. In 2001, the RCM achieved innovation with the 2001 Marconi $5 silver coin. It was the first RCM coin to include a direct lasered finish.[2] One of the technological breakthroughs for the RCM involved the 2006 Canadian Achievement series silver coin featuring Colonel Chris Hadfield. It was the first Canadian coin to be completely sculpted using computer software.[3]

The Northern Lights $20 silver coin was the first RCM hologram coin to feature a hologram without a raised border and, therefore, no delineation.[4] The hologram merges with the engraved relief of the mountains. In 2006, the $30 Canadarm coin was the first Canadian coin to be completely sculpted using computer software.[5] Technically, it was a complex design to render, due to the depiction of the closed glass visor and the complicated features of the Canadarm.

Numismatic three cents

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Three cents

Year Theme Artist Mintage Issue Price
2001 Sesquicentennial of Canada's First Postage Stamp Based on an image by Sir Sanford Fleming 59,573 $39.95

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Numismatic fifty-cent collections

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Year Theme Mintage Issue Price Finish Notes
2007 Annual Report 10,000 $25.95 Gold Plated
2007 Christmas Ornaments 50,000 $25.95 Specimen with motion filled 3-D effect
2008 Triangle Coin – Milk Delivery 25,000 $49.95 Green enamel effect on reverse, Proof Finish Part of Irregular Shaped coins collection
2008 100th Anniversary of Royal Canadian Mint 16,000 $44.95 Sold as part of Coin and Stamp Set (double dated 1908–2008)
2009 Calgary Flames N/A N/A 24.95 From Coin and Puck Set
2009 Edmonton Oilers N/A N/A 24.95 From Coin and Puck Set
2009 Montreal Canadiens N/A N/A 24.95 From Coin and Puck Set
2009 Ottawa Senators N/A N/A 24.95 From Coin and Puck Set
2009 Toronto Maple Leafs N/A N/A 24.95 From Coin and Puck Set
2009 Vancouver Canucks N/A N/A 24.95 From Coin and Puck Set
2009 Six String Nation Guitar 30,000 $34.95 Specimen, with hologram on reverse Part of Irregular Shaped coins collection

Discovering Nature series

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  • Started in 1995
Year Theme Artist Finish Issue Price (For Four Coin Set) Total Mintage Designs
2000 Canada's Birds of Prey Jean-Luc Grandin and Pierre Leduc Proof $59.95 123,628 Bald eagle, osprey, great horned owl, red-tailed hawk

Canadian Sports series

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  • Started in 1998
Year Coin No 1 Coin No 2 Coin No 3 Coin No 4 Artist Finish Issue Price (For Four Coin Set) Total Mintage
2000 First Recorded Hockey Game, 1875 Introduction of Curling to North America, 1760 First Steeplechase Race, 1840 Birth of the 5-Pin Bowling League, 1910 Brian Hughes Proof $59.95 50,091

Canadian Festivals series

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Year Coin No 1 Coin No 2 Coin No 3 Coin No 4 Coin No 5 Artist Finish Issue Price for each coin Total Mintage
2001 Québec Winter Carnival Toonik Tyme (Nunavut) Folk Festival (Newfoundland) Festival of Fathers (PEI) N/A Sylvie Daigneault, John Mardon, David Craig, Brenda Whiteway Proof $21.95 58,123
2002 Annapolis Valley Blossom (Nova Scotia) Stratford Festival (Ontario) Folkarama (Manitoba) Calgary Stampede, (Alberta) Squamish Days, (BC) Sylvie Daigneault, John Mardon, David Craig, Michelle Grant, Brenda Whiteway Proof $21.95 61,900
2003 Yukon Festival Back to Batoche (Manitoba) Great Northern Arts Festival (Inuvik) Festival Acadien de Caraquet (New Brunswick) N/A Ken Anderson, David Hannan, Dawn Oman, Hudson Design Group Proof $21.95 26,451

Canadian Folklore and Legends series

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Year Coin No 1 Coin No 2 Coin No 3 Artist Finish Issue Price for each coin Total Mintage
2001 The Sled The Maiden's Cave Les Petits Sauteux Valentina Holtz-Entin, Peter Kiss, Miyuki Tanobe Proof $24.95 28,979
2002 The Pig That Wouldn't Get Over The Stile Shoemaker in Heaven Le Vaisseau Fantome Laura Jolicoeur, Francine Gravel, Colette Boivin Proof $24.95 19,789

Canadian Floral collection

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Year Theme Artist Finish Issue Price Total Mintage
2002 Golden Tulip Anthony Testa Proof (selectively gold plated) $24.95 19,986
2003 Golden Daffodil Christie Paquet Proof (selectively gold plated) $34.95 36,293
2004 Golden Easter Lily Christie Paquet Proof (selectively gold plated) $34.95 23,486
2005 Golden rose Christie Paquet Proof (selectively gold plated) $34.95 23,000
2006 Golden Daisy Christie Paquet Proof (selectively gold plated) $34.95 23,000
2007 Golden Forget-Me-Not Christie Paquet Proof (selectively gold plated) $38.95 20,000

Coat of Arms of Canada

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Year Theme Finish Issue Price Total Mintage
2004 Evolution of Queen's Effigy Proof $79.95 11,707

1/25-ounce gold

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Year Theme Artist Mintage Issue Price Finish
2004 Moose N/A 25,000 $69.95 Proof
2005 Voyageur N/A 25,000 $69.95 Proof
2006 Cowboy Michelle Grant 25,000 $69.95 Proof
2007 The Wolf William Woodruff 20,000 $74.95 Proof
2008 DeHavilland Beaver Peter Mossman 20,000 $85.95 Proof
2009 Red Maple 15,000 $99.95 Proof
2010 RCMP 14,000 $109.95 Proof

Butterfly Collection

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Year Butterfly Artist Mintage Issue Price Finish
2004 Tiger swallowtail Jianping Yan 19,910 $39.95 Hologram
2004 Clouded Sulphur Susan Taylor 15,281 $39.95 Selective gold plating
2005 Monarch Susan Taylor 20,000 $39.95 Colourized, orange and black
2005 Great Spangled Fritillary Jianping Yan 20,000 $39.95 Hologram
2006 Short-tailed swallowtail Susan Taylor 20,000 $39.95 Proof (with coloured butterfly)
2006 Silvery blue Jianping Yan 20,000 $39.95 Hologram

60th anniversary of the end of World War II

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Year Coin No 1 Coin No 2 Coin No 3 Coin No 4 Coin No 5 Coin No 6 Artist Finish Issue Price (for Six Coin Set) Total Mintage
2005 Battle of Britain Battle of the Atlantic Raid on Dieppe Conquest of Sicily Liberation of the Netherlands Battle of the Scheldt Peter Mossman Specimen $149.95 20,000

1/25-ounce gold

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Year Theme Artist Mintage Issue price
2010 RCMP Janet Griffin Scott 14,000 $109.95

Commemorative Silver Dollar series

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Year Theme Artist Mintage (Proof) Issue Price (Proof) Mintage (BU)[clarification needed] Issue Price (BU)[clarification needed]
2000 Voyage of Discovery D.F. Warkentin 121,575 $29.95 62,975 $19.95
2001 50th Anniversary of the National Ballet of Canada Dora de Pédery-Hunt 89,390 $30.95 53,668 $20.95
2001 90th Anniversary of the Striking of Canada's 1911 Silver Dollar W.H.J. Blakemore 24,996 $49.95 No BU Exists N/A
2002 Golden Jubilee of Elizabeth II Royal Canadian Mint Staff 29,688 $33.95 64,410 $24.95
2002 The Queen Mother Royal Canadian Mint Staff 9,994 $49.95 No BU exists N/A
2003 Centennial of the Cobalt-Silver Strike at Cobalt, ON John Mardon 88,536 $36.95 51,130 $28.95
2003 50th Anniversary of the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II (First Effigy of Queen) Emanuel Hahn 21,400 N/A No BU exists N/A
2003 50th Anniversary of the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II (Fourth Effigy of Queen) Emanuel Hahn 29,586 $51.95 No BU exists N/A
2004 400th Anniversary, First French Settlement in North America R.R. Carmichael 81,335 $36.95 41,934 $28.95
2004 400th Anniversary First French Settlement in North America, Privy Marked (part of Coin and Stamp Set) R.R. Carmichael 8,315 $99.95 N/A N/A
2004 The Poppy Cosme Saffioti 24,527 $49.95 No BU Exists N/A
2005 40th Anniversary, Flag of Canada William Woodruff N/A $34.95 N/A $24.95
2006 Victoria Cross Royal Canadian Mint Staff N/A $34.95 N/A $26.95
2006 Medal of Bravery Royal Canadian Mint Staff N/A $54.95 No BU Exists N/A
2007 Thayendanegea Joseph Brant RCM Staff based on image by Laurie McGaw 65,000 42.95 35,000 34.95
2007 Celebration of the Arts Friedrich Peter 20,000 $54.95 No BU Exists N/A
2008 400th Anniversary of Quebec Suzanne Duranceau 65,000 $42.95 35,000 $34.95
2008 100th Anniversary of Royal Canadian Mint Jason Bouwman 25,000 $59.95 No BU Exists N/A
2008 The Poppy (with ultra high relief) Cosme Saffioti 5,000 $139.95 No BU Exists N/A
2009 100th Anniversary of Flight Jason Bouwman 50,000 $47.95 30,000 $39.95

Gold-plated proof Silver dollars

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These gold-plated proof Silver Dollars were packaged with the corresponding proof sets for the year.

Year Theme Artist Mintage Issue price
2005 40th Anniversary, Canada's Flag William Woodruff N/A $84.95
2006 Victoria Cross Royal Canadian Mint Staff N/A $84.95
2007 Thayendanegea Joseph Brant RCM Staff based on image by Laurie McGaw N/A $89.95
2008 400th Anniversary of Quebec Suzanne Duranceau 60,000 $89.95
2009 100th Anniversary of Flight Jason Bouwman 55,000 $99.95

Collector cards

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The first collector card that was issued was to commemorate the creation of a new effigy for her majesty Queen Elizabeth II in 2003 and a redemption was offered in Chatelaine magazine. In 2004, to commemorate the Acadie 25-cent coin. One card was included with every phone order after the launch of the commemorative coin. With the release of the Lucky Loonie, a third collector card was created. To procure a card, customers had to go on the RCM website and place a request online. A total of 23 collector coin cards have been released to date, mostly selling online for substantially more than they were when originally released.

2003

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  • Queen's Effigy

2004

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  • 400th Anniversary of Acadia (quarter)
  • Lucky Loonie
  • Poppy (quarter)

2005

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  • Alberta Centennial quarter
  • Saskatchewan Centennial quarter
  • Terry Fox loonie
  • Victory nickel
  • Year of the Veteran quarter

2006

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  • 10th Anniversary toonie
  • Lucky Loonie
  • Medal of Bravery (quarter)
  • Pink Ribbon Breast Cancer quarter

2007

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  • Vancouver Olympics (15 quarters, 2 loonies)

2008

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  • 400th Anniversary of Quebec (toonie)

2010

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  • Poppy (2004, 2008, 2010 quarters)

2011

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  • Legendary Nature (toonie, loonie, 3 coloured and 3 non-coloured quarters)

2012

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  • War of 1812 (toonie, 8 coloured and 8 non-coloured quarters)

2013

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  • Arctic Expedition (4 quarters – 2 frosted, 2 unfrosted)

2014

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  • "Wait For Me, Daddy" (toonie)

2015

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  • Sir John A. MacDonald (toonie)
  • 50th Anniversary of the Canadian Flag (1 coloured, 1 non-coloured)

Definition of finishes

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

Mint marks

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  • 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.
  • 06SFS
Used to describe the rare 2006 $50 Four Seasons 5-ounce silver coin. Only 2000 were minted.
  • 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
  • Man Becomes Mountain
    • (Symbol of Paralympics)
All circulation coins for the 2010 Vancouver Paralympics have the Paralympic Games logo 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 to 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.
  • 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

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  1. ^ The CN Journal, The Official Publication of the Canadian Numismatic Association, Markham, Ontario, Vol. 53, No. 1, January–February 2008, p.17
  2. ^ The CN Journal:The Official Publication of the Canadian Numismatic Association, Volume 53, No. 1, January/February 2008, p.18
  3. ^ The CN Journal:The Official Publication of the Canadian Numismatic Association, Volume 53, No. 1, January/February 2008, p.19
  4. ^ The CN Journal, The Official Publication of the Canadian Numismatic Association, Markham, Ontario, Vol. 53, No. 1, January–February 2008, p.18
  5. ^ The CN Journal, The Official Publication of the Canadian Numismatic Association, Markham, Ontario, Vol. 53, No. 1, January–February 2008, p.19
  6. ^ Coin World, Vol. 47, Issue 2417, Page 74, August 7, 2006
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