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Introduction of the 25-cent coin Wood Bison
Thursday, January 12, 2012
The introduction of the 25-cent coin Wood Bison announced in October 2011 will be Monday, January 16, 2012. The Royal Canadian Mint has added color to half of the 12.5 million units produced.
Falsehoods in an advertisement for the Royal Canadian Mint
Thursday, January 12, 2012
The Royal Canadian Mint has launched an ad before the holidays to promote the new $ 2 coin in circulation. This coin is intended to commemorate the boreal forest in northern Ontarion, Quebec and other provinces.
The problem raised by many naturalists is that advertising shows several specimens (owl, sycamores, ...) that are only present in the southern Canada.
The Royal Canadian Mint responds that it is serving as an artistic representation and the ad was not intended to be realistic.
1 cent US sold for 1.38 million in Florida
Thursday, January 12, 2012
The 1793 1 cent coin minted in Philadelphia and also called Chain Cent was sold for a record $1.38 million at an auction in Florida. The buyer of this coin is a major collector in the United States, but his name has not been confirmed.
The $ 100 polymer bill is distributed today
Monday, November 14, 2011
The Bank of Canada today announced that it will begin circulating the new $100 polymer bank note. The polymer $50 note to follow in March 2012.
An old China coin discovered in Yukon
Wednesday, November 2, 2011
Archeologists have unearthed a coin more than 300 years old northwest of Carmacks, Yukon, which provides a link between 17th-century China, Russian traders and First Nations people.
The find came in July as a team checked the route of a proposed mining road for the Western Copper and Gold Corporation's planned Casino gold mine.
Heritage Canada says the coin was minted between 1667 and 1671. The coin is different from others of its type because it has four additional small holes above each corner of the central square.
The extra holes could have been made in China. Coins were sometimes nailed to a gate, door or ridgepole for good luck. Alternatively, First Nations might have made the extra holes to attach them to clothing
- James Mooney, from Ecofor Consulting Ltd.
The coins are more common along the coast, but only three have been found in Yukon.
Source : CBC
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