Royal Canadian mint


Royal Canadian mint Royal Canadian mint
Added by Alain Martineau
General Description : To Commemorate the 2 Canadian Royal mints: Ottawa and Winnipeg
Both sides show the legend: ROYAL CANADIAN MINT . MONAIE ROYALE CANADIENNE
Front Description : Royal Canadian Mint Historic Buildings at Sussex Drive (Ottawa, Ontario). Established as the Ottawa branch of the Royal Mint, Governor General Lord Grey and Lady Grey activated the presses for the Canadian Mint on January 2, 1908. It passed from British into Canadian control in 1931.
Back Description : Royal Canadian Mint (Winnipeg, Manitoba). It started to manufacture coins, and the facility was officially opened in 1976. The Winnipeg branch of the Royal Canadian Mint allowed Ottawa to concentrate solely on collector coins while the Winnipeg mint would produce the entire supply of circulation coins.
Diameter 35.00 mm
Material Pewter
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