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Olympic Quarters from 2007 to 2009

By thecanadiannumismatist    |   Tuesday, 4 February 2025

From 2007 to 2009, the Royal Canadian Mint put into circulation 25 cents coins featuring designs related to the 2010 Winter Games. Exluding the 2002 Salt Lake City Olympic Games Coins Voted by Fans, twelve quarters were made and depict ten Olympic winter sports and two Paralympic winter sports.

A 1 dollar Lucky Loonie coin was also struck in 2008.

25 cents 2007 - Alpine Skiing

25 cents 2007 - Alpine Skiing

Alpine skiing has been contested at every Winter Olympics since the 1936 Winter Games in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany. The Olympic alpine competition consists of ten events, one each for men and women in the following disciplines: super combined, downhill, giant slalom, slalom and super-G. Canadians have won 10 medals in alpine skiing at the Olympic Games, including four gold medals. The first Canadian to win Olympic alpine gold was Anne Heggtveit in the slalom event at the 1960 Olympics in Squaw Valley.

On October 26, 2007, the Royal Canadian Mint confirmed that a small number of 25-cent alpine skiing coins produced for collector products issued on October 24, 2007 bear a 2008 date on the obverse, or "heads" side of the coin, rather than the 2007 date. This error is limited to alpine skiing coin sports cards sold exclusively at participating Petro-Canada outlets and a small quantity of Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games coin collections. The 22 million 25-cent alpine skiing coins produced for circulation are not affected.


25 cents 2007 - Biathlon

25 cents 2007 - Biathlon

The sport of biathlon combines the marksmanship together in an exciting display of pure athleticism alongside the skill of extreme precision.

The first recorded biathlon competition was organized near the border between Sweden and Norway in 1767 and was contested at the first Olympic Winter Games at Chamonix, France in 1924. The sport remained on the Olympic program until 1948, and then was re-introduced to the Olympic Games in Squaw Valley in 1960.


25 cents 2007 - Curling

25 cents 2007 - Curling

Curling was a demonstration sport at the 1988 Calgary Winter Olympic Games and was accepted as a full medal sport in 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano.

Canada won the following medals at 2010 Vancouver Olympic Games:

  • Curling - Gold - Curling men
  • Curling - Silver - Curling women

25 cents 2007 - Ice Hockey

25 cents 2007 - Ice Hockey

Canadian men won the first gold medal for ice hockey in Olympic Games history at the 1920 Summer Games in Antwerp and the team has been a perennial favourite and serious competitor ever since.

The Canadian women's team has medaled in all three Games in which ice hockey has been a full medal sport, beginning with Nagano in 1998 – the last two consecutive have been gold medals.

Canada won the following medals at 2010 Vancouver Olympic Games:

  • Ice Hockey - Gold - Ice Hockey men
  • Ice Hockey - Gold - Ice Hockey women

25 cents 2007 - Wheelchair Curling

25 cents 2007 - Wheelchair Curling

Wheelchair curling was a relatively new sport, making its Paralympic debut at the Torino 2006 Paralympic Winter Games, with Canada winning the gold medal in this event.

A mule exists: the Olympic logo is on the obverse instead of the Paralympic logo.

Canada won the following medal at 2010 Vancouver Olympic Games:

  • Wheelchair Curling - Gold - Mixed Tournament

25 cents 2008 - Bobsleigh

25 cents 2008 - Bobsleigh

Designed by Canadian artist Glenn Green of Vancouver, BC, the bobsleigh circulation coin features a four member bobsleigh team and their sled in the centre, a stylized maple leaf and the words ‘Vancouver 2010'. The three Olympic Winter Games sliding sports are bobsleigh, skeleton and luge. All three grew out of the practice of using a sled or toboggan — a light, narrow wooden platform on runners — to slide on snow or ice.

The four-man bobsleigh was on the program of the first Olympic Winter Games in 1924, in Chamonix, France. The two-man bobsleigh event joined the Olympic Games program in 1932. Women began competing in bobsleigh for the first time in 2002, at the Salt Lake City Olympic Winter Games.

Canada won the following medals at 2010 Vancouver Olympic Games:

  • Bobsleigh - Bronze - four-man men
  • Bobsleigh - Gold - two-woman women
  • Bobsleigh - Silver - two-woman women

25 cents 2008 - Figure Skating

25 cents 2008 - Figure Skating

Olympic figure skating has four disciplines: men's and ladies' singles, pairs and ice dance. The sport first appeared on indoor ice rinks at the London 1908 Olympic Games with events for pairs and singles.

Ice dancing joined the Olympic Winter Games in 1976, when the Games were held in Innsbruck, Austria. Canada's first figure skating Olympic gold medal was won at the 1948 Winter Olympic Games in St. Moritz, Switzerland by Barbara Ann Scott, who captured the ladies' singles title.

Canada won the following medals at 2010 Vancouver Olympic Games:

  • Figure Skating - Gold - Ice dancing mixed
  • Figure Skating - Bronze - Individual women

25 cents 2008 - Freestyle Skiing

25 cents 2008 - Freestyle Skiing

Started by skiers who were looking for a more creative way to express themselves and compete at the highest levels, the first Freestyle skiing competition was held in New Hampshire in 1966.

The sport made its Olympic debut as a demonstration sport two decades later at the Calgary 1988 Winter Games. The Freestyle discipline of Moguls was accepted as an official medal sport at the Albertville 1992 Winter Games, followed by Aerials at the 1994 Winter Olympic Games in Lillehammer - where, in the moguls competition, Jean-Luc Brassard won the first Olympic gold medal ever by a Canadian male in a skiing event.

Canada won the following medals at 2010 Vancouver Olympic Games:

  • Freestyle Skiing - Gold - Moguls men
  • Freestyle Skiing - Silver - Moguls women
  • Freestyle Skiing - Gold - Ski Cross women

25 cents 2008 - Snowboarding

25 cents 2008 - Snowboarding

Snowboarding is the sport of riding a large flat ski downhill over snow and was originally derived from the idea of a surfboard. While first making an appearance in the 1960s, the sport became wildly popular in the 1980s.

Snowboarding made its Olympic debut at the 1998 Winter Games in Nagano, with Canada's Ross Rebagliati winning the first gold medal ever in this discipline. There are three snowboard categories for both men and women in the Olympic Winter Games: halfpipe, parallel giant slalom and snowboard cross.

Canada won the following medals at 2010 Vancouver Olympic Games:

  • Snowboarding - Gold - Giant parallel slalom men
  • Snowboarding - Silver - Snowboard Cross men
  • Snowboarding - Gold - Snowboard Cross women

25 cents 2009 - Cross Country

25 cents 2009 - Cross Country

Cross-country skiers competed at the first Olympic Winter Games in Chamonix, France, in 1924, in 18-kilometre and 50-kilometre races for men. Ladies' cross-country skiing made its debut at the Oslo 1952 Olympic Winter Games.

The cross-country skiing technique known as skating or free technique became a separate Olympic competitive discipline at the Calgary 1988 Winter Games.


25 cents 2009 - Speed Skating

25 cents 2009 - Speed Skating

25 cents coin featuring the sport of speed skating. Speed skating, which is the fastest human powered, non-mechanical aided sport in the world, has been part of the Olympic Games since the first Winter Games were held in Chamonix in 1924. Originally, only men took part in competition.

At the Lake Placid 1932 Olympic Winter Games, women's speed skating was a demonstration event and became a full medal event at the Squaw Valley 1960 Olympic Winter Games.

Canada won the following medals at 2010 Vancouver Olympic Games:

  • Speed Skating - Gold - 1000m Women
  • Speed Skating - Silver - 1500m Women
  • Speed Skating - Bronze - 3000m Women
  • Speed Skating - Bronze - 5000m Women
  • Speed Skating - Gold - Team Pursuit Men

25 cents 2009 - Sledge Hockey

25 cents 2009 - Sledge Hockey

Released in March 2010, this coin is the final coin of the Vancouver 2010 circulation coin program. The coin was launched outside of the Vancouver Public Library, where the Mint is displaying the Vancouver 2010 athlete medals for the duration of the Vancouver 2010 Paralympic Winter Games.

Ice sledge hockey is the Paralympic version of ice hockey. Since its Paralympic debut at the Lillehammer 1994 Paralympic Winter Games, it has quickly become one of the largest attractions for spectators. It is fast-paced, highly physical and played by athletes with a physical disability in the lower part of the body. Instead of skates, players use two-blade sledges that allow the puck to pass beneath. Players use two sticks, which have a spike-end for pushing and a blade-end for shooting.

Designed by Canadian artist Glenn Green of Vancouver, BC, the ice sledge hockey circulation coin features an ice sledge hockey athlete in the centre, a stylized maple leaf and the words 'Vancouver 2010'. The obverse features the portrait of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, rendered by Susanna Blunt.


Colorized versions exist of these coins. Petro-Canada locations sold sport cards, containing a painted version of them for $7.95.

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