Maple Leaf Gold Bullion

The pride of Canadian coinage is the Maple Leaf gold bullion coin. The Royal Canadian Mint (RCM) proudly produces these strikingly beautiful, one-ounce 24-Karat gold coins, and the Ottawa-based refinery and mint was the first in the world to offer 24-Karat bullion to the world in 1979. It wasn’t until 1982 however, that these modern [...]

Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games Medals

An all-Canadian achievement, the Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games athlete medals are the product of the Royal Canadian Mint’s close collaboration with the Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games (VANOC) and metal supplier Teck Resources Limited. Thirty-four Mint engineers, engravers, die technicians, machinists and production experts have combined [...]

Winter Olympics to use unique gold medals

The gold and other medals to be presented to athletes at the upcoming Winter Olympics in Vancouver will feature some unique designs. Each of the medals being produced by the Royal Canadian Mint will have an undulating surface as opposed to a flat one and will bear different images from contemporary Aboriginal art.The news feeds [...]

Royal Canadian Mint Named One of Top 100 Employers for 2010

Ottawa, Ontario — For the fourth consecutive year, the Royal Canadian Mint has been named one of Canada’s Top 100 Employers for 2010. This annual list, published by MediaCorp, recognizes employers that are industry leaders at attracting and retaining employees.   “The Royal Canadian Mint is extremely proud to be included as one of Canada’s [...]

Royal Canadian Mint Unveils 2009 Holiday Coins and Gift Products

Ottawa, Ontario, – As Canadians start planning for the holiday season, the Royal Canadian Mint has unwrapped its latest collector coins and gift products of 2009. A vivid array of precious and base metal coins await the sophisticated collector or gift-giver with offerings such as: A new pair of Crystal Snowflake $20 silver coins The [...]

3 arrested in Maple Leaf coin scam

BY RANDY BOSWELLA picture of a a one-ounce Gold Maple Leaf bullion coin. Using a few genuine coins and hundreds of fakes, three suspects are alleged to have enticed jewelry store owners into buying significant numbers of counterfeit ones.Photograph by: Handout, Royal Canadian MintU.S. investigators have cracked what they’re calling a "million-dollar gold coin scam" [...]

Royal Canadian Mint launches new lunar hologram gold coin

A new lunar hologram gold coin is being launched by the Royal Canadian Mint. The release continues the mint’s tradition of launching new commemorative coins every year to mark the Chinese lunar calendar.The news feeds on this site are independently provided by Adfero Limited © and do not represent the views or opinions of the [...]

Canadian 25-Cent Coin Celebrates Men’s Hockey

Hockey victory voted by fans as the top Canadian Olympic Winter Games moment of all time OTTAWA, ONTARIO — An historic Olympic hockey victory for Canada is now forever etched on a 25-cent coin. The Royal Canadian Mint is inviting Canadians to save the latest circulation coin in its Vancouver 2010 collection – the 25-cent [...]

Gold still unaccounted for after audit at Canadian mint

About 17 500 oz of gold remains “unaccounted for” at the Royal Canadian Mint (RCM), after a third-party review by Deloitte and Touche of a difference between the RCM’s rolling inventory and a physical count of precious metals at the year-end. At current prices, the discrepancy, which represents some 0,32% of the RCM’s throughput during [...]