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Royal Canadian Mint commemorates Black History Month with coin featuring the Underground Railroad

Posted on February 2, 2022 by Gail Dever

The Underground Railroad, the famous network of safe houses and secret routes that helped enslaved people of African descent escape to freedom in Canada, is the subject of the Royal Canadian Mint’s latest issue in its ongoing Commemorating Black History coin … Continue reading →

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Canada’s Black Loyalists honoured on Royal Canadian Mint’s new silver coin

Posted on February 3, 2021 by Gail Dever

The Royal Canadian Mint yesterday launched a new silver collector coin honouring the Black Loyalists. Mint engravers reproduced the armorial bearings of the Black Loyalist Heritage Society as a tribute to the free and enslaved Black people who resettled in British North America (Canada) … Continue reading →

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Royal Canadian Mint releases $2 coin commemorating 75th anniversary of D-Day

Posted on May 28, 2019 by Gail Dever

The Royal Canadian Mint launched yesterday a $2 circulation coin honouring the brave Canadians who, landing in Normandy, France 75 years ago, helped establish the Allied foothold that would lead to the liberation of Western Europe. The coin was unveiled at the Moncton Garrison, home … Continue reading →

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First French explorers in Ontario honoured with Royal Canadian Mint silver coin celebrating the 400th anniversary of Samuel de Champlain in Huronia

Posted on June 15, 2015 by Gail Dever

The Royal Canadian Mint issued the following news release. First French explorers in Ontario honoured with Royal Canadian Mint silver coin celebrating the 400th anniversary of Samuel de Champlain in Huronia OTTAWA, June 11, 2015 — Four hundred years after … Continue reading →

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Royal Canadian Mint holds WWI story contest

Posted on July 15, 2014 by Gail Dever

To honour the 100th anniversary of the declaration of the First World War, the Royal Canadian Mint is asking Canadian residents to share their WWI story for a chance to receive one of ten 2014 Silver Dollar Proof Sets ($99 value). There … Continue reading →

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