Canadian Coins

Canadian Coins posts cover Royal Canadian Mint issues from the early provincial coppers through Confederation in 1867 and into the modern circulating and bullion programmes. Articles look at the large and small cent series, the silver five-cent that became nickel in 1922, the silver dollar of 1935 introduced for the Silver Jubilee, the Voyageur dollar, the loonie introduced in 1987 and the bimetallic toonie in 1996. There are also notes on the Maple Leaf bullion programme that competes with American Eagles and Krugerrands and on the high-relief commemoratives released for collectors each year.