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SERIES Overview

New for 2019: Silver and gold! They’re Canada’s classic coin designs, all re-created in a stunning 65-millimetre format with beautiful reverse gold plating. Bring home the 2019 Big Coin Series, featuring seven current or historic circulation denominations including the penny, plus the Flying Loon dollar from 1997.

COMPLETE SERIES – Selling Features

  • A PREMIUM PROOF SET: A collector favourite since 2015! The 2019 Big Coin Series includes 5 oz. .9999 pure silver versions of Canada’s 5-cent, 10-cent, 25-cent, 50-cent and 2-dollar circulation coins, along with 5 oz. versions of the 1997 Flying Loon dollar and Canada’s former 1-cent coin.
  • NEW FOR 2019: Reverse gold plating technology gives each coin a luxurious golden gleam, which creates a striking contrast next to the silver shine of the engraved relief.
  • THE RETURN OF A PROOF DOLLAR/SPECIMEN SET EXCLUSIVE: The pure silver 1-dollar coin features Jean-Luc Grondin’s Flying Loon design, as it appeared on the reverse of the 1997 proof and specimen dollar coins.
  • BACK AGAIN IN 2019: The pure silver 1-cent coin features G. E. Kruger-Gray’s maple leaf twig design, which graced Canada’s penny nearly every year between 1937 and 2012.
  • LOWEST MINTAGE EVER FOR THIS SERIES: Mintage has been lowered from 1,500 in 2018 to 1,350 worldwide in 2019 — the lowest mintage ever for a series with a history of selling out!
  • SUBSCRIBE TO ENSURE A COMPLETE SET OF 7 COINS: The 1-cent coin in this series is ONLY available through a subscription to the series. This guarantees you a complete set, PLUS a free wooden presentation case to store and display all seven coins together. But hurry—only 350 subscriptions will be sold worldwide.

INDIVIDUAL COINS – Selling Features:

  • SILVER AND GOLD, TOGETHER ON ONE COIN! New for 2019: Reverse gold plating adds a warm-toned gleam that creates a beautiful contrast next to the silver shine of the engraved relief.
  • A PREMIUM PROOF PIECE: Part of the Royal Canadian Mint’s annual Big Coin Series, a highly sought-after series of 5 oz. .9999 pure silver versions of current and historical Canadian circulation coinage.
  • LOWER MINTAGE: Mintage has been lowered from 1,500 to 1,350 in 2019—the lowest ever for the popular Big Coin Series, which has a history of selling quickly.

A SUBSCRIPTION GUARANTEES YOUR COMPLETE SET: The series includes a 1-cent coin that is ONLY available with a subscription to the entire series. This guarantees you a complete set of seven coins PLUS a free wooden presentation case to store and display them all side-by-side. But hurry—only 350 subscriptions will be sold worldwide.

1 Cent Coin

A little coin with a long and storied history, the 1-cent piece was one of Canada’s first domestically produced coins.

In 1937, the Royal Canadian Mint took on the task of modernizing Canadian coinage. That year marked the introduction of artist G.E. Kruger-Gray’s iconic maple leaf twig design, which remained the penny’s reverse image every year except Canada’s centennial year, 1967, until the denomination’s cancellation in 2012.

To celebrate Canada’s centennial in 1967, famed Canadian artist Alex Colville created a special commemorative set of designs for each circulation coin denomination. His design for the 1-cent piece—an image of a rock dove in flight—is still found in circulation today.