The new Canadian coin, titled Spirit Dragon, is made up of 99.99% pure gold and depicts Shenlong coiling and floating across the sky a dragon of Chinese mythology that "governs the elements upon which agriculture depends: wind, rain, clouds and tempests," the Royal Canadian Mint wrote on its website.
The Royal Canadian Mint has unveiled a brand new five-dollar coin featuring florals and a hexagonal holographic honeybee. The 2023 $5 Fine Silver Coin Filigree Bee incorporated vibrant colours and a holographic gold feature in order to "see the world through a bee's eyes," the Royal Canadian Mint said on its website.
The Royal Canadian Mint has rolled out a brand new $2 coin in celebration of the 100th anniversary of the birth of Canadian artist Jean Paul Riopelle. The $2 colourized special wrap roll features two geese from one of Riopelle's masterpieces, L’Hommage à Rosa Luxemburg. Each colourized special wrap roll contains 25 $2 coins, all of which bear a selectively coloured reverse, which per the Royal Canadian Mint, "captures the spirit of both the original art and the artistic genius behind it."
The Royal Canadian Mint has introduced a brand new $50 bullion Canadian coin made up of 99.99% pure silver. There $50 Pure Silver coin was created for the 35th anniversary celebration of the Royal Canadian Mint's Silver Maple Leaf (SML) bullion coins. Turning 35 years old in 2023, the silver coin stands as a commemorative issue celebrating nearly 40 decades of being one of the most sought-after silver bullion coins, per the Mint.