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April 19, 2025
Gold coins from 1912 to 1914
In 1853, Canada adopted the gold standard - a move that simplified trade, but also required that the country have sufficient gold reserves to back its currency. This standard helped develop a growing interest in minting gold at a Canadian mint.
April 17, 2025
25 cents 1965 to 1998 - Price guide and values
In 1967, Alex Colville made the wildcart (bobcat) design on all 25-cents coin and a year later, the Royal Canadian Mint replaced silver for nickel as the composition for this denomination. In 1992, the Mint issued reverse designs, chosen by a national contest, are based on the 12 province and territories of Canada.
April 16, 2025
Remember, John McCrae and In Flanders Fields on 2 dollars 2015
100 years after Canadian Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae penned In Flanders Fields on the battlefield of Ypres, Belgium, the Royal Canadian Mint issued a $2 circulation coin commemorating his iconic poem of remembrance, as well as a 25-cent circulation coin featuring a life-like poppy design. These coins were unveiled at a special ceremony held at McCrae House.
April 15, 2025
1 cent 1871 Prince Edward Island
Prince Edward Island was the last of the British North American colonies to adopt a decimal system of currency. 'Going decimal' in 1871, the island chose a dollar equal in value to the United States one-dollar gold piece, in line with the decimal currency system introduced earlier in the Provinces of Canada and New Brunswick and adopted by the Dominion of Canada in 1867.
April 14, 2025
25 cents 1937 to 1964 - Price guide and values
In 1937, part of the government's program to modernize Canadian coins, the caribou head, by Emanuel Hahn, was chosen for the reverse for the 25 cents denomination.
