News from July 2009
Gold Coins - Vancouver 2010
Tuesday, July 21, 2009
The Royal Canadian Mint has launched the third and final issue of the world's first series of bullion coins honouring the spirit of the Olympic Games. The Mint's Ottawa facility will produce up to gold 50,000 coins for the 2010 issue and the silver version will be produced on demand.
The Royal Canadian Mint is very proud to produce gold and silver bullion coins which stand out from the competition and capture the attention of the marketplace. The Mint has been delighted by investor and collector response to the first two issues of its Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games Gold and Silver Maple Leaf bullion coins and is looking forward to a repeat success as its newest Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games bullion coins are launched with only months remaining before the excitement of the 2010 Winter Games.
Ian E. Bennett, President and CEO of the Royal Canadian Mint
The Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games Gold Maple Leaf bullion coin is made of one ounce of 99.99% pure gold and bears a $50 face value. Bearing a $5 face value, the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games Silver Maple Leaf bullion coin is struck from one ounce of 99.99% pure silver. The reverse of the coins features an ice hockey player in full stride, flanked by two maple leaves. The design is the product of collaboration between the Mint's Bullion and Refinery and Engraving teams. Both coins are now available through the Mint's extensive network of bullion dealers.
These new Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games Gold and Silver Maple Leaf bullion coins are preceded by a 2009 issue featuring a Thunderbird design by Squamish, BC aboriginal artist Xwa Lack Tun (Rick Harry) and the inaugural 2008 issue featuring the logo of the Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games overlapping the iconic Maple Leaf design, which has graced the reverse of Royal Canadian Mint bullion coins since 1979.
The Charlton 2010
Monday, July 20, 2009
Text from The Charlton Press :The 64th edition of Canadian Coins has shrunk! Plastic coil binding is limited to approximately 600-page books, after that the user friendly binding becomes user unfriendly. With the addition of 150 pages covering the Victoria Five Cent Varieties, and over 175 new mint products to list, under the old format we would be looking at a 650-page book. For that number of pages the spiral binding would not have sufficient strength to work effectively over a period of time. So, in the new catalogue, Canadian Coins: Volume One we are reverting to our roots Numismatic Issues. Canadian Coins, Volume One: Numismatic Issues, 64th Edition, 2010, will be just that, a catalogue based on coins which circulated in Canada from the time of the French Regime to the current day. Special emphasis in Volume One is on things numismatic in the Canadian Series: Business Strikes and Commemoratives issued for circulation, Varieties, and all legal tender coinage issued during that last 151 years. The sections on the coinage of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, Newfoundland, and Province of Canada, plus the sections on Specimen Coins and Sets, Patterns, and Test Tokens will also be found in Volume One. Each chapter has been updated and revised where necessary to bring it current to 2010. Within the circulating coinage of Canada variety listings each denomination has been reviewed, corrected and expanded. The Variety Section in the 64th edition is over 150 pages. This is the fifth part of a six part series on Canadian die varieties. The first began in the 60th edition with the dollar coins and has been carried on now to the 64th edition, where the variety section is devoted to Victoria five cent silvers. Over 150 pages covering 150 different varieties are catalogued, illustrated and priced. High grade business strikes are in demand, showing price strengthening, especially Mint State 65 Red and higher. These copper coins from circulation, 1953 to date, are rare in these certified high grades. The Queen Elizabeth series is approximately 60 years in length, well exceeding her Great Grandmother’s series of Canadian coins, resulting in a highly desirable series to collect.
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