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. One could argue that the first Numismatic coin from RCM was the 1935 dollar to commemorate the Silver Jubilee of His Majesty King George V

George V of the United Kingdom

George V was King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Emperor of India, from 6 May 1910 through the First World War until his death in 1936....

. 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. 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)

Royal Canadian Mint numismatic coins (2000s)

One of the most highly profitable aspects of the Royal Canadian Mint’s enterprise is in its Numismatic product line. The euphoria surrounding the year 2000 led to the birth of the Millennium 25-cent coin program. The numismatic line included proof quality coins sold individually or as a complete...

for any coins produced after 1999.

Please see Canadian Silver Maple Leaf

Canadian Silver Maple Leaf

The Canadian Silver Maple Leaf is a silver bullion coin issued annually by the government of Canada. The coin has been minted by the Royal Canadian Mint since 1988....

for any Coloured or Hologram Maple Leaf coins

Olympic coins

Please see Royal Canadian Mint Olympic Coins

Royal Canadian Mint Olympic coins

-1976 Montreal Summer Games:Most numismatists agree that the first true numismatic collection was the Olympic Five and Ten Dollar coins for the 1976 Montreal Olympics. Starting in February 1973, the Royal Canadian Mint engaged in a very ambitious program...

for coin specifications

Most numismatists 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

Calgary

Calgary is a city in the Province of Alberta, Canada. It is located in the south of the province, in an area of foothills and prairie, approximately east of the front ranges of the Canadian Rockies...

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

Royal Bank of Canada

The Royal Bank of Canada or RBC Financial Group is the largest financial institution in Canada, as measured by deposits, revenues, and market capitalization. The bank serves seventeen million clients and has 80,100 employees worldwide. The company corporate headquarters are located in Toronto,...

. 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

Royal Canadian Mint

The Royal Canadian Mint produces all of Canada's circulation coins, and manufactures circulation coins on behalf of other nations. The Mint also designs and manufactures: precious and base metal collector coins; gold, silver, palladium, and platinum bullion coins; medals, as well as medallions and...

held a press conference in Calgary

Calgary

, Alberta to announce the release of the Vancouver Olympic commemorative coins. The newest denomination for the Vancouver Olympic coins is twenty-five dollars. 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

Singapore

Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...

International Coin Show.

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

Robert Bateman (naturalist)

Robert Bateman, OC, OBC is a Canadian naturalist and painter, born in Toronto, Ontario.Bateman was always interested in art, but he never intended on making a living from it. He was fascinated by the natural world in his childhood; he recorded the sightings of all of the birds in the area of his...

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

Ox (zodiac)

The Ox is one of the 12-year cycle of animals which appear in the Chinese zodiac related to the Chinese calendar. The Year of the Ox is denoted by the earthly branch character 丑...

Chinese Lunar New Year Coin Series

Year	Theme	Artist	Mintage	Issue Price
1998	Year of the Tiger Tiger (zodiac) The Tiger , is one of the 12-year cycle of animals which appear in the Chinese zodiac related to the Chinese calendar. The Year of the Tiger is associated with the earthly branch symbol 寅.- Years and the Five Elements :...	Harvey Chan	68,888	$68.88
1999	Year of the Rabbit Rabbit (zodiac) The Chinese Year of the Rabbit is actually the Chinese Year of the Hare, as China has seven native species of hares and no native species of rabbits. The Chinese applied their word for hare to the first rabbits to be taken to China, and the word is now erroneously back-translated into English as...	Harvey Chan	77,791	$72.88

1935-1980

Year	Theme	Artist	Mintage	Issue Price
1935	Voyageur Dollar Voyageur Dollar The Voyageur Dollar was a coin of Canada struck for circulation in silver from 1935 to 1966, and as a commemorative in 2003. A nickel version was struck from 1968 to 1987. In 1987, the coin was replaced by the loonie. The coin remains legal tender....	Emanuel Hahn Emanuel Hahn Emanuel Otto Hahn was a German-born Canadian sculptor and coin designer. He taught and later married Elizabeth Wyn Wood. He co-founded and was the first president of the Sculptors' Society of Canada....	428,707	$1.00
1939	Royal Visit	Emanuel Hahn Emanuel Hahn Emanuel Otto Hahn was a German-born Canadian sculptor and coin designer. He taught and later married Elizabeth Wyn Wood. He co-founded and was the first president of the Sculptors' Society of Canada....	1,363,816	$1.00
1949	Newfoundland Entry Into Confederation	Thomas Shingles Thomas Shingles Thomas Shingles was the Master Engraver of the Royal Canadian Mint from 1943 until his retirement in 1965; he first began work at the Mint in 1939...	672,218	$1.00
1958	Totem Pole Totem pole Totem poles are monumental sculptures carved from large trees, mostly Western Red Cedar, by cultures of the indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest Coast of North America...	Stephan Trenka	3,039,630	$1.00
1964	Confederation Meetings Quebec Conference, 1864 The Quebec Conference was the second meeting held in 1864 to discuss Canadian Confederation.The 16 delegates from the Province of Canada, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and Prince Edward Island had agreed at the close of the Charlottetown Conference to meet again at Quebec City October 1864... Commemorative	Dinko Vodanovic	7,296,832	$1.00
1967	Canadian Centennial Canadian Centennial The Canadian Centennial was a year long celebration held in 1967 when Canada celebrated the 100th anniversary of the Canadian Confederation. Celebrations occurred throughout the year but culminated on Dominion Day, July 1. 1967 coins were different from previous years' issues, with animals on each...	Alex Colville Alex Colville David Alexander Colville, is a Canadian painter.Colville's family moved from Toronto to Amherst, Nova Scotia in 1929. He attended Mount Allison University from 1938-1942, graduating with a Bachelor of Fine Arts. Colville married Rhoda Wright that year and enlisted in the Canadian Army under the... and Myron Cook	6,767,496	$1.00
1971	B.C. British Columbia British Columbia is the westernmost of Canada's provinces and is known for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto, Splendor sine occasu . Its name was chosen by Queen Victoria in 1858... Centennial	Patrick Brindley	585,217	$3.00
1973	RCMP Royal Canadian Mounted Police The Royal Canadian Mounted Police , literally ‘Royal Gendarmerie of Canada’; colloquially known as The Mounties, and internally as ‘The Force’) is the national police force of Canada, and one of the most recognized of its kind in the world. It is unique in the world as a national, federal,... Centennial	Paul Cedarberg	904,723	$3.00
1974	Winnipeg Winnipeg Winnipeg is the capital and largest city of Manitoba, Canada, and is the primary municipality of the Winnipeg Capital Region, with more than half of Manitoba's population. It is located near the longitudinal centre of North America, at the confluence of the Red and Assiniboine Rivers .The name... Centennial	Paul Pederson	628,183	$3.50
1975	Calgary Stampede Calgary Stampede The Calgary Stampede is an annual rodeo, exhibition and festival held every July in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. The ten-day event, which bills itself as "The Greatest Outdoor Show on Earth", attracts over one million visitors per year and features one of the world's largest rodeos, a parade, midway,... Centennial	D.D. Paterson	833,095	$3.50
1976	Library of Parliament Library of Parliament The Library of Parliament is the main information repository and research resource for the Parliament of Canada... Centennial	Patrick Brindley and Walter Ott	483,722	$4.00
1977	Silver Jubilee of Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee of Elizabeth II The Silver Jubilee of Elizabeth II marked the 25th anniversary of Queen Elizabeth II's accession to the throne of the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and other Commonwealth realms...	Raymond Lee	744,848	$4.25
1978	Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games The Commonwealth Games is an international, multi-sport event involving athletes from the Commonwealth of Nations. The event was first held in 1930 and takes place every four years....	Raymond Taylor	640,000	$4.50
1979	Griffon Le Griffon Le Griffon was a 17th century sailing ship built by René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle in his quest to find the Northwest Passage to China and Japan.... Tricentennial	Walter Schluep	688,671	$5.50
1980	Arctic Territories Northern Canada Northern Canada, colloquially the North, is the vast northernmost region of Canada variously defined by geography and politics. Politically, the term refers to the three territories of Canada: Yukon, Northwest Territories, and Nunavut... 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 Canadian Pacific Railway The Canadian Pacific Railway , formerly also known as CP Rail between 1968 and 1996, is a historic Canadian Class I railway founded in 1881 and now operated by Canadian Pacific Railway Limited, which began operations as legal owner in a corporate restructuring in 2001... Centennial	Christopher Gorey	353,742	$18.00	148,647	$14.00
1982	Regina Regina, Saskatchewan Regina is the capital city of the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. The city is the second-largest in the province and a cultural and commercial centre for southern Saskatchewan. It is governed by Regina City Council. Regina is the cathedral city of the Roman Catholic and Romanian Orthodox... 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 Toronto Toronto is the provincial capital of Ontario and the largest city in Canada. It is located in Southern Ontario on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. A relatively modern city, Toronto's history dates back to the late-18th century, when its land was first purchased by the British monarchy from... 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 Vancouver Vancouver is a coastal seaport city on the mainland of British Columbia, Canada. It is the hub of Greater Vancouver, which, with over 2.3 million residents, is the third most populous metropolitan area in the country,... Centennial	Elliott John Morrison	496,418	$18.00	124,574	$12.25
1987	John Davis John Davis (English explorer) John Davis , was one of the chief English navigators and explorers under Elizabeth I, especially in Polar regions and in the Far East.-Early life:... 300th Anniversary	Christopher Gorey	405,688	$19.00	118,722	$14.00
1988	Saint-Maurice Ironworks Forges du Saint-Maurice Forges du Saint-Maurice , just outside of Trois-Rivières, Quebec, is a National Historic Site of Canada, and birthplace of the country's iron industry....	R.R. Carmichael	259,230	$20.00	106,702	$15.00
1989	Mackenzie River Mackenzie River The Mackenzie River is the largest river system in Canada. It flows through a vast, isolated region of forest and tundra entirely within the country's Northwest Territories, although its many tributaries reach into four other Canadian provinces and territories... Bicentennial	John Mardon	272,319	$21.75	110,650	$16.25
1990	Henry Kelsey Henry Kelsey Henry Kelsey , aka the Boy Kelsey, was an English fur trader, explorer, and sailor who played an important role in establishing the Hudson's Bay Company. Kelsey was born and married in East Greenwich, south-east of central London... 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 Stanley Cup The Stanley Cup is an ice hockey club trophy, awarded annually to the National Hockey League playoffs champion after the conclusion of the Stanley Cup Finals. It has been referred to as The Cup, Lord Stanley's Cup, The Holy Grail, or facetiously as Lord Stanley's Mug... Centennial	Stewart Sherwood	294,214	$23.95	88,150	$17.50
1994	RCMP Royal Canadian Mounted Police The Royal Canadian Mounted Police , literally ‘Royal Gendarmerie of Canada’; colloquially known as The Mounties, and internally as ‘The Force’) is the national police force of Canada, and one of the most recognized of its kind in the world. It is unique in the world as a national, federal,... Northern Dog Team	Ian D. Sparkes	178,485	$24.50	65,295	$17.95
1995	325th Anniv. Hudson's Bay Company Hudson's Bay Company The Hudson's Bay Company , abbreviated HBC, or "The Bay" is the oldest commercial corporation in North America and one of the oldest in the world. A fur trading business for much of its existence, today Hudson's Bay Company owns and operates retail stores throughout Canada...	Vincent McIndoe	166,259	$24.50	61,819	$17.95
1996	John McIntosh, McIntosh McIntosh The McIntosh Red is an apple cultivar with red and green skin, a tart flavor, and tender white flesh. It ripens in late September.... Apple	Roger Hill	133,779	$29.95	58,834	$19.95
1997	25th Anniversary of Canada/Russia Summit Series Summit Series The Summit Series was the first competition between the Soviet and an NHL-inclusive Canadian national ice hockey teams, an eight-game series held in September 1972...	Walter Burden	184,965	$29.95	155,252	$19.95
1997	10th Anniversary of Loon Dollar Loonie The Canadian 1 dollar coin is a gold-coloured, bronze-plated, one-dollar coin introduced in 1987. It bears images of a common loon, a bird which is common and well known in Canada, on the reverse, and of Queen Elizabeth II on the obverse.The design for the coin was meant to be a voyageur theme,...	Jean-Luc Grondin	24,995	$49.95	No BU Exists	N/A
1998	125th Anniversary of RCMP Royal Canadian Mounted Police The Royal Canadian Mounted Police , literally ‘Royal Gendarmerie of Canada’; colloquially known as The Mounties, and internally as ‘The Force’) is the national police force of Canada, and one of the most recognized of its kind in the world. It is unique in the world as a national, federal,...	Adeline Halvorson	130,795	$29.95	81,376	$19.95
1999	225th Anniversary of the Voyage of Juan Perez Juan José Pérez Hernández Juan José Pérez Hernández , often simply Juan Pérez, was an 18th century Spanish explorer. He was the first European to sight, examine, name, and record the islands near present-day British Columbia, Canada...	D.J. Craig	126,435	$29.95	67,655	$19.95
1999	International Year of Older Persons International Year of Older Persons In its Proclamation on Aging, the United Nations General Assembly decided to declare 1999 as the International Year of Older Persons. The proclamation was launched on 1 October 1998, the International Day of Older Persons, by United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan and Dr. Gunhild O...	S. Armstrong-Hodgins Shelagh Armstrong Shelagh Armstrong is a Canadian illustrator, and was the recipient of the 1985 Will Davies award for excellence in illustration.Armstrong is a graduate of the University of Toronto and Ontario College of Art...	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 John Cabot John Cabot was an Italian navigator and explorer whose 1497 discovery of parts of North America is commonly held to have been the first European encounter with the continent of North America since the Norse Vikings in the eleventh century...	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 Millennium A millennium is a period of time equal to one thousand years —from the Latin phrase , thousand, and , year—often but not necessarily related numerically to a particular dating system.... Proof Coins	Various	171,659	$14.95 each, $149.95 for 12 coin set	Also sold as a twelve coin set

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 Arnold Nogy Arnold Nogy was born and raised in Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario. Nogy is an artist whose artistic contributions have included several coins for the Royal Canadian Mint. He is a member of the Worldwide Nature Artists Group since 2003 and the Society of Animal Artists since 1992.Nogy was artistically...	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 Gilles Villeneuve Joseph Gilles Henri Villeneuve, better known as Gilles Villeneuve , was a Canadian racing driver. An enthusiast of cars and fast driving from an early age, he started his professional career in snowmobile racing in his native province of Quebec... , 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 Grey Cup The Grey Cup is both the name of the championship of the Canadian Football League and the name of the trophy awarded to the victorious team. It is Canada's largest annual sports and television event, regularly drawing a Canadian viewing audience of about 3 to 4 million individuals... , 1904	Invention of Basketball Basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules... by James A. Naismith, 1891	Donald H. Curley	Proof	$59.95	52,115

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Numismatic Five Dollars

Five Dollars

Year	Theme	Artist	Mintage	Issue Price
1998	Norman Bethune Norman Bethune Henry Norman Bethune was a Canadian physician and medical innovator. Bethune is best known for his service in war time medical units during the Spanish Civil War and with the Communist Eighth Route Army during the Second Sino-Japanese War... (part of joint coin set with China)	Harry Chan	65,831	$98.00
1999	Viking Viking The term Viking is customarily used to refer to the Norse explorers, warriors, merchants, and pirates who raided, traded, explored and settled in wide areas of Europe, Asia and the North Atlantic islands from the late 8th to the mid-11th century.These Norsemen used their famed longships to... 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 Avro Anson The Avro Anson is a British twin-engine, multi-role aircraft that served with the Royal Air Force, Fleet Air Arm and numerous other air forces prior to, during, and after the Second World War. Named for British Admiral George Anson, it was originally designed for maritime reconnaissance, but was... and the North American Harvard	Robert Leckie Robert Leckie (aviator) Air Marshal Robert Leckie CB, DSO, DSC, DFC, CD was a Canadian aviation pioneer and Chief of the Air Staff of the Royal Canadian Air Force from 1944 to 1947.- First World War service :...	R.R. Carmichael and Geoff Bennett	41,844	$55.50
1990	Avro Lancaster Avro Lancaster The Avro Lancaster is a British four-engined Second World War heavy bomber made initially by Avro for the Royal Air Force . It first saw active service in 1942, and together with the Handley Page Halifax it was one of the main heavy bombers of the RAF, the RCAF, and squadrons from other...	John Emilius Fauquier John Emilius Fauquier John Emilius “Johnny” Fauquier DSO & Two Bars, DFC was a Canadian aviator and Second World War Bomber Command leader. He commanded No. 405 Squadron RCAF and later No. 617 Squadron RAF over the course of the war. A bush pilot, prior to the war, he joined the RCAF as a flight instructor in 1939. He...	R.R. Carmichael	43,596	$55.50
1991	AEA Silver Dart AEA Silver Dart -References:NotesBibliography* Aerial Experimental Association . Aerofiles. . Retrieved: 19 May 2005.* Green, H. Gordon. The Silver Dart: The Authentic Story of the Hon. J.A.D. McCurdy, Canada's First Pilot. Fredericton, New Brunswick: Atlantic Advocate Book, 1959.* Milberry, Larry. Aviation in...	F.W. Baldwin and John A.D. McCurdy John Alexander Douglas McCurdy John Alexander Douglas McCurdy was a Canadian aviation pioneer and the 19th Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia from 1947 to 1952. -Early years:...	George Velinger	35,202	$55.50
1991	de Havilland Beaver	Phillip C. Garratt	Peter Mossman	36,197	$55.50
1992	Curtiss JN-4 Curtiss JN-4 The Curtiss JN-4 "Jenny" was one of a series of "JN" biplanes built by the Curtiss Aeroplane Company of Hammondsport, New York, later the Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company. Although the Curtiss JN series was originally produced as a training aircraft for the U.S... (Canuck)	Sir Frank Wilton Baillie Frank Wilton Baillie Sir Frank Wilton Baillie, KBE was a Canadian industrialist who played a significant role in establishing the modern steel industry in Canada. During World War I, he turned his attention to the production of military aeroplanes, and was knighted for his contributions to the war effort...	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 Lockheed Model 14 Super Electra \|-See also:-References:NotesBibliography* Francillon, René J. Lockheed Aircraft since 1913. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, 1987. ISBN 0-85177-835-6.-External links:*...	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 Canadian Vickers Vedette -References:NotesCitationsBibliography* Milberry, Larry. Aviation in Canada. Toronto: McGraw-Hill Ryerson Ltd., 1979. ISBN 0-07-082778-8.* Molsen, Kenneth M. "The Canadian Vickers Vedette." Canadian Aeronautics and Space Journal, October 1964....	Wilfrid T. Reid Wilfrid Thomas Reid Wilfrid Thomas Reid is an English aircraft designer and considered one of the pioneers of the Canadian aircraft industry....	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 De Havilland Canada DHC-1 Chipmunk The de Havilland Canada DHC-1 Chipmunk is a tandem, two-seat, single-engined primary trainer aircraft which was the standard primary trainer for the Royal Canadian Air Force, Royal Air Force and several other air forces through much of the post-Second World War years...	J. Omer (Bob) Noury	W.C. Russell Brannock	17,722	$57.95
1996	Avro Canada CF-100 Canuck	Janusz Żurakowski Janusz Zurakowski Janusz Żurakowski was a renowned Polish fighter and test pilot, who, at various times, lived and worked in Poland, the United Kingdom, and Canada.-Early life:...	Jim Bruce	18,508	$57.95
1996	Avro Canada CF-105 Arrow CF-105 Arrow The Avro Canada CF-105 Arrow was a delta-winged interceptor aircraft, designed and built by Avro Aircraft Limited in Malton, Ontario, Canada, as the culmination of a design study that began in 1953...	Jim Chamberlin Jim Chamberlin James A. "Jim" Chamberlin was a Canadian aerodynamicist who contributed to the design of the Canadian Avro Arrow; and NASA's Gemini spacecraft and the Apollo program...	Jim Bruce	27,163	$57.95
1997	Canadair F-86 Sabre	Fern Villeneuve	Robert Bradford	16,440	$57.95
1997	Canadair CT-114 Tutor Canadair CT-114 Tutor \|-See also:-References:NotesBibliography* Dishlevoy, Roy W. "Hatching the Snowbirds: The Canadair CL-41/CT-114 Tutor, Its Early History Remembered." CAHS Journal, Vol, 45, No. 1, Spring 2007....	Edward Higgins	Robert Bradford	18,414	$57.95
1998	Canadair Canadair Canadair Ltd. was a civil and military aircraft manufacturer in Canada. It was a subsidiary of other aircraft manufacturers, then a nationalized corporation until privatized in 1986, and became the core of Bombardier Aerospace.... CP-107 Argus	William S. Longhurst	Peter Mossman	14,711	$57.95
1998	Canadair CL-215 Canadair CL-215 The Canadair CL-215 was the first model in a series of firefighting flying boat amphibious aircraft built by Canadair and later Bombardier. The CL-215 is a twin-engine, high-wing aircraft designed to operate well at low speed and in gust-loading circumstances, as are found over forest fires... Waterbomber	Paul Gagnon	Peter Mossman	15,237	$57.95
1999	de Havilland De Havilland The de Havilland Aircraft Company was a British aviation manufacturer founded in 1920 when Airco, of which Geoffrey de Havilland had been chief designer, was sold to BSA by the owner George Holt Thomas. De Havilland then set up a company under his name in September of that year at Stag Lane... 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 O Canada It has been noted that the opening theme of "O Canada" bears a strong resemblance to the "Marsch der Priester" , from the opera Die Zauberflöte , composed in 1791 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, and that Lavallée's melody was inspired by Mozart's tune... 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 Jacques Cartier Jacques Cartier was a French explorer of Breton origin who claimed what is now Canada for France. He was the first European to describe and map the Gulf of Saint Lawrence and the shores of the Saint Lawrence River, which he named "The Country of Canadas", after the Iroquois names for the two big... Voyage of Discovery	Carola Tietz	67,662	$325.00
1985	National Parks Centenary	Hector Greville	58,520	$325.00
1986	International Year of Peace International Year of Peace - Recognition :1986 is recognized as International Year of Peace in December 1986, in the UNESCO headquarter, Paris, France.- Actions Taken by the Red Cross:...	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 Montreal Montreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America... , 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 Klondike, Yukon The Klondike is a region of the Yukon in northwest Canada, east of the Alaska border. It lies around the Klondike River, a small river that enters the Yukon from the east at Dawson....	John Mantha	650,000	$259.95
1997	150th Anniversary, Alexander Graham Bell Alexander Graham Bell Alexander Graham Bell was an eminent scientist, inventor, engineer and innovator who is credited with inventing the first practical telephone....	Donald H. Curley	14,030	$259.95
1998	75th Anniv., Nobel Prize for Discovery of Insulin Insulin Insulin is a hormone central to regulating carbohydrate and fat metabolism in the body. Insulin causes cells in the liver, muscle, and fat tissue to take up glucose from the blood, storing it as glycogen in the liver and muscle....	Robert R. Carmichael	11,220	$259.95
1999	50th Anniv, Newfoundland Dominion of Newfoundland The Dominion of Newfoundland was a British Dominion from 1907 to 1949 . The Dominion of Newfoundland was situated in northeastern North America along the Atlantic coast and comprised the island of Newfoundland and Labrador on the continental mainland... ’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 Robert Bateman (naturalist) Robert Bateman, OC, OBC is a Canadian naturalist and painter, born in Toronto, Ontario.Bateman was always interested in art, but he never intended on making a living from it. He was fascinated by the natural world in his childhood; he recorded the sightings of all of the birds in the area of his...	$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
Royal Mint
The Royal Mint is the body permitted to manufacture, or mint, coins in the United Kingdom. The Mint originated over 1,100 years ago, but since 2009 it operates as Royal Mint Ltd, a company which has an exclusive contract with HM Treasury to supply all coinage for the UK...

, 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
Birmingham Mint
The Birmingham Mint, a coining mint, originally known as Heaton's Mint or Ralph Heaton & Sons, in Birmingham, England started producing tokens and coins in 1850 as a private enterprise, separate from, but in cooperation with the Royal Mint. Its factory was situated in Icknield Street , on the edge...

, 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.

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.

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