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New silver coin celebrates Black History Month By Rick Da Conceicao
Images via Alex Reeves / Royal Canadian Mint
The Royal Canadian Mint revealed their annual Black History Month commemorative silver coin on Monday.
This year’s design honours a group of more than 3,000 free or formerly enslaved black people who fought for the British in the American Revolution and settled in Nova Scotia between 1783 and 1785.
The announcement was made on Monday during a virtual ceremony which featured video messages from Prime Minster Justin Trudeau, Premier Stephen McNeil, and Minister of African Nova Scotian affairs Tony Ince.
“In order to make an inclusive society, we must remember our own country’s history,” said Justin Trudeau. “This is especially important as we celebrate the start of Black history month, because Black history is Canadian history.”
Canada s Black Loyalists Honoured on Royal Canadian Mint s New Silver Coin Celebrating Black History
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OTTAWA, ON, Feb. 2, 2021 /PRNewswire/ The Mint is proud to launch a new silver collector coin honouring the Black Loyalists. Mint engravers meticulously reproduced the armorial bearings of the Black Loyalist Heritage Society as a tribute to the free and enslaved Black people who re-settled to British North America before, during and after the American War of Independence. Many slaves were offered freedom in exchange for joining the British side during the war. After laying down new roots in Lower Canada and the Maritime Provinces, the struggles and achievements of the Black Loyalists and their descendants are an important part of Canadian history, told on a coin available as of today.
Canada s History and Diverse Culture Captured on Two New Gold Royal Canadian Mint Masterpieces
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commemorated in 5-9s pure gold and Ukrainian art of Pysanka shines on an egg-shaped coin
OTTAWA, ON, Jan. 27, 2021 /PRNewswire/ - The Royal Canadian Mint has launched two new gold coins that mark important chapters in Canadian history and shine a bright light on homegrown innovation. The newest addition to the Mint s long line of 1 oz., 99.999% pure gold bullion coins inaugurates a new series dedicated to the 125
th anniversary of the famous Klondike gold rush, while the latest Ukrainian Easter egg-inspired collector coin features a meticulously engraved design celebrating the eternal renewal of the spring season.
Royal Canadian Mint Kicks off New Year by Celebrating 100th Anniversary of Bluenose
Bluenose with a pair of coins dedicated to the famously swift sailing ship. The annual
$100 Pure Gold Coin and
Proof Silver Dollar share the thrilling story of an impeccably crafted schooner.
One hundred years ago,
Lunenburg,
Nova Scotia, and sailed into the hearts and minds of Canadians as the fastest and most graceful fishing schooner the world had ever seen. The pride felt by its architect,
William James Roué, and of those who built and crewed it, continues to be shared from coast to coast to coast. The first of an exquisite suite of
/PRNewswire/ - The Royal Canadian Mint is launching a year-long celebration of Bluenose with a pair of coins dedicated to the famously swift sailing ship. The.