January 14, 2009 – Tokyo, Japan – With a little over one year to go before the next Olympic Games, Taisei Coins Corporation is excited to be the authorized distributor of the Royal Canadian Mint’s Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games commemorative coins in Japan.  Taisei Coins today introduced its impressive offering of Royal Canadian Mint coins at a press conference hosted by the Canadian Embassy to Japan.  By February 2010, the Mint will have issued thirty-six limited mintage collector coins and sets and put into circulation 17 coins in Canada featuring designs related to the 2010 Winter Games.  This is the most extensive coin program in relation to the Olympic Games ever conceived by any mint worldwide.

“Through this extensive coin program, the Mint’s goal is to ignite the spirit of the Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games,” said Ian E. Bennett, President and CEO of the Royal Canadian Mint.  “We expect that collectors from Japan and around the world will forever treasure these precious and elegant reminders of the Royal Canadian Mint’s celebration of an exceptional moment in Canadian sporting history.”

“The Royal Canadian Mint’s Vancouver 2010 Winter Games coin program is one of the most diversified in the history of numismatics,” said Mr. Masahiro Oka, President of Taisei Coins Corporation. “All collectors can find a coin that appeals to them and all of the Mint’s Vancouver 2010 numismatic products can make a precious addition to anyone’s coin collection.”

The Mint’s first Vancouver 2010 Winter Games collector and circulation coins were issued in February 2007. All issues symbolize Canada’s heritage, culture and values through unique and inspiring coin designs.

The proof silver hologram commemorative coins with a $25 face value represent the most extensive series within the Mint’s Vancouver 2010 Winter Games commemorative coin program. From 2007 to 2010, fifteen different designs celebrating winter sports and the Olympic spirit will be issued. Each issue is struck in a very low mintage of only 45,000 coins worldwide and, as a world first for the Olympic Movement, these coins feature a stunning hologram.

Nine dazzling 14-karat gold coins add their own prestige to the Mint’s Vancouver 2010 Winter Games commemorative coin program.  With a colour-enhanced design featuring themes such as Canadian wildlife, culture and the Olympic spirit, the application of colour to gold coins represents another first for the Royal Canadian Mint.  These beautiful coins are limited to a worldwide mintage of only 8,000.

These are just a few examples of numismatic innovations offered by the Royal Canadian Mint. Over the three-year program, breathtaking one-kilo gold and silver coins, premium 50 mm gold coins and silver 25-cent coins, among many other exquisite products, will be issued.

Taisei’s initial offering to its customers will include the Mint’s 2008 issues from the $25 Vancouver 2010 sterling silver, $75 Vancouver 2010 colourized gold and $250 Silver Kilo coin series.  Other coins celebrating the approaching Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver will be added to Taisei Coins’ portfolio as the world counts down to Vancouver 2010.  Taisei Coins is the authorized distributor of the Royal Canadian Mint’s official Vancouver 2010 commemorative coins in Japan.

About the Royal Canadian Mint
The Royal Canadian Mint is the Crown Corporation responsible for the minting and distribution of Canada’s circulation coins. An ISO 9001-2000 certified company, the Mint is recognized as one of the largest and most versatile mints in the world, offering a wide range of specialized, high quality coinage products and related services on an international scale. The Mint is an Official Supporter of the Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games and has undertaken to produce the most extensive circulation coin program in relation to the Olympic Games ever conceived by any mint worldwide, while also offering limited mintage collector coins and sets.  Visit www.mint.ca/2010 for Vancouver 2010 keepsakes and gifts.

Images and product details of the RCM’s Vancouver 2010 Winter Games collection are available by visiting ftp://communications:RCM2007@ftp.mint.ca.

Source: www.mint.ca

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The Royal Canadian Mint is run by the Crown Corporation, which produces Canadian silver dollars, and as such all the coins and currency notes in Canada. The Canadian silver dollars to be issued were minted in 1935. The Canadian silver dollars of this year were meant to commemorate King George the fifth’s silver jubilee. It is one of the first commemorative coins issued by the Canadian Mint.The design for these early silver dollars was produced by Emanuel Hahn. One side of the coin depicted a voyager sitting with a Canadian Indian, paddling a canoe. The Northern Lights are also shown in the design. The Royal Canadian Mint used the design for late as 1986, making it one of the most long-lived designs for any coin in its class.

Staring in 2000, the Canadian silver dollar has been issued with a different design. In 2004, the Canadian silver dollars were on the theme, ‘Voyage of Discovery.’ The coin was designed by D. F. Warkentin. Proof mintage of these silver dollars was 121,575, each selling for $29.95. BU mintage of these Canadian silver dollars was 62,975, and each coin sold for $19.95.

The Discovery of Cobalt was the theme for the design of Canadian silver dollars in 2003. The following year another Canadian silver dollar design was minted on the 400th anniversary of the first settlement of the French in North America. In 2005, another Canadian dollar silver was produced, this time for the 40th anniversary of the Canadian maple leaf flag’s adoption. The theme of 2006 Canadian silver dollar was the Victorian Cross, again designed by the staff of the Royal Canadian Mint.

In 2007, the theme of Canadian silver dollars is Thayendanegea Joseph Brant.

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OTTAWA, ONTARIO – December 23, 2008 - The Royal Canadian Mint has proudly produced the medals for the upcoming 2009 IIHF World Junior Hockey Championship. This spectacular sporting event, which will play host to 10 countries, will take place in Ottawa from December 26, 2008 to January 5, 2009.

“The Mint is delighted to be taking part in what has become a holiday tradition of cheering on Team Canada, which this year has even more significance, as they are going for gold for the fifth consecutive year”, said Ian E. Bennett, President and CEO of the Royal Canadian Mint. “Each medal has been skillfully crafted at the Mint’s Ottawa facility, which is very proud to be a part of the tournament’s host city”.

“We are proud of the medals and award designs by the Mint,” said Cyril Leeder, vice-chair of the world junior host organizing committee. “They reflect the uniqueness of the event in the nation’s capital and Canada’s hockey spirit. We believe recipients will not only be proud of their accomplishments when they receive the medals and awards, but that the designs will represent their experiences.”

For the IIHF World Junior Hockey Championship medals, which were designed in collaboration with the IIHF and Hockey Canada, the Mint cut each blank – which is a medal without a design – out of copper. After the distinctive Ottawa design was struck onto each blank twice on a manual press using several tons of pressure, the medals were given their distinguishing finish: the coveted championship medals are plated with 24kt gold while the second-place medals are silver plated and the third-place medals are finished with a warm bronze tone. All medals are lacquered and bear a Maple Leaf which is coloured with red enamel.

The Mint also sourced the tournament’s popular Player of the Game award, which this year is a uniquely Canadian-made acrylic and aluminum Hoselton sculpture, housed in a cherry wood box. * Images of the 2009 IIHF World Junior Hockey Championship medals and Player of the Game award can be seen by logging on to ftp://communications:RCM2007@ftp.mint.ca.

Source: www.mint.ca