Commemorative issue 60 Years of the Canadian Numismatic

The Royal Canadian Mint has become one of the world’s most renowned minting facilities, known for high purity standards and cutting edge anti-counterfeit technology. 

On January 2, 1908, when Governor General Earl Grey activated the press to strike a fifty-cent piece, which became Canada’s first domestically made coin. The Countess Grey closed the ceremony by striking Canada’s first bronze cent. This marked the opening of the Ottawa branch of the British Royal Mint. Its location on Sussex Drive is still the site of the present-day mint.

The mint became a Crown Corporation in 1969, allowing it to operate as a profitable business as opposed to merely a supplier for Canada’s coins. In 1976, the mint opened a second branch in Winnipeg. The new facility produced all of Canada’s circulation coins, along with coins for over 60 other countries. In 1987, the Winnipeg branch created the first “Loonie,” an affectionate nickname for Canada’s one-dollar circulation coin. 

To this day, the RCM’s Winnipeg branch continues to produce circulation coins for Canada and other countries in the high-tech, high-volume facility. Meanwhile, the mint’s Ottawa branch designs and manufactures precious and base metal collector coins; gold, silver, palladium, and platinum bullion coins; medals, as well as medallions and tokens. It further offers gold and silver refinery and assay services.

OBVERSE: Images of the obverse side of the Silver Canadian dollar.

Lettering CANADA COMMEMORATIVE DOLLARS 1867 - 1968 

Commemoration and Lettering: 

Centennial Canada Goose DOLLAR CANADA 1867 1967

Confederation Meetings CANADA DOLLAR 1864 CHARLOTTETOWN QUEBEC 1964

Welcome Newfoundland  CANADA DOLLAR 1949 

The voyageur CANADA 1935 DOLLAR

Royal Visit FIDE SVORUM REGNAT CANADA 1939 1 DOLLAR

British Columbia Centennial CANADA BRITISH COLUMBIA DOLLAR

CANADENSIS SCIENTIA NOMISMATICA

Translation: Canadian Numismatic Science 

Designer: The Ottawa branch Designers

REVERSE : The Royal Canadian Mint building in Ottawa. Beaver and maple leafs design of the five-cent piece bellow.

Lettering: HONORING 60 YEARS OF NUMISMATIC EXCELLENCE

Designer: The Ottawa branch Designers

EDGE : Smooth

Mint : "Lack of mint mark" - Royal Canadian Mint, Ottawa, Canada 

Country                    Canada 

Issuer                             Royal Canadian Mint Ottawa

Type                            Commemorative Token

Year                                 1968

Composition                   Nickel

Weight                          24.4 g

Diameter                     38 mm

Shape                           Round

Orientation                   Medal alignment ↑↑