The Royal Canadian Mint reinvents the coin with its first-ever collectible in the shape of a real cut diamond

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OTTAWA, Ontario, March 4, 2020 /PRNewswire=KYODO JBN/ --

Breaking the mold to prove there can be more than two sides to a coin, the

Royal Canadian Mint has proudly created a collectible in the three-dimensional

shape of a real cut diamond.  The 2020 $50 Fine Silver Diamond Shaped Coin --

Forevermark(C) Diamond is crafted from three ounces of 99.99% pure silver and

is adorned by a 0.20-carat diamond from Northern Ontario's Victor Mine. The

Mint's R&D team overcame many challenges to flawlessly strike this dramatically

contoured coin and produce a luxury collectible that is also a unique

engineering feat.  This extraordinary creation, along with many other finely

crafted collectibles, is available to the public as of today.

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Yet another numismatic evolution comes from the Mint's R&D Lab Collection.  The

2019 $2 Fine Silver Coin - Multilayered Polar Bear. The coin reinvents artist

Brent Townsend's iconic $2 circulation coin polar bear design, as the design

elements of its reverse appear on distinctly separate layers of engraving: the

polar bear and outer ring area appear to float above the arctic seascape that

is home to this icon of Canadian currency.     

Turning to the past, the Mint has issued new coins recognizing symbols of

history with the half-kilogram 2020 $125 Fine Silver Coin -- 75th Anniversary

of UNESCO, featuring L'Anse aux Meadows Historic Site.  The archeological

remains of Canada's famous authenticated Viking settlement, located at the

northwest tip of Newfoundland, come back to life on an illustration of bygone

village life imagined by artist Rebecca Yanovskaya. This selectively

gold-plated coin features a UNESCO privy mark, along with runic-style script

and Viking scrollwork.  

Fast-forwarding to early French and English settlement of Canada, the 2020 $10

Fine Silver Coin -- 350th Anniversary of Hudson's Bay Company (HBC) recreates

HBC's trade token featuring the company's coat of arms, and is struck in a

style that mimics the minting process of the period.  The 2020 $10 Pure Gold

Coin Relics of New France: Louis XIV 15 Sol, revives the regal elegance of a

450 year-old piece of colonial numismatic history, on a quarter ounce of 99.99%

pure gold.      

Other coins launching in March include:

    --  The 2020 $20 Fine Silver Coin -- Mother Earth: Home, a Jamie Desrochers

        designed coin featuring a coloured view of Earth from the silvery

        surface of the moon, with black light technology that intensifies the

        Milky Way illustrated in the background;

    --  The 2020 $20 Fine Silver Coin -- Bejewelled Bugs -- Labybug, featuring

        the artwork of Jori van der Linde, adorned by a black and white rhodium-

        plated ladybug encrusted with garnet and sapphire gemstones;

    --  The gold-plated 2020 $50 Fine Silver Coin -- Real Shapes: Beaver;

    --  The 2020 $50 Fine Silver Coin -- Courageous Bald Eagle featuring artist

        Steve Hepburn's graceful perspective of an eagle soaring above a

        Canadian coast line;

    --  The 2020 $3 Fine Silver Coin -- Floral Emblems of Canada -- Ontario:

        White Trillium, the first of 13 Lisa Thomson-Khan-designed coins

        illustrating the official flowers of all of Canada's provinces and

        territories;

    --  The 2020 $10 Fine Silver Coin -- Congratulations on Your Graduation,

        featuring the artwork of Jori van der Linde;

    --  The 2020 25-Cent Coin Set -- Connecting Canada, a Tony Bianco-designed

        trio of coins celebrating each of Canada's three coasts;

    --  The 2020 Special Wrap Roll Collection -- First Strikes, a set featuring

        special-wrapped rolls of every circulating coin denomination; and,

    --  The crystal-enhanced 2020 $5 Fine Silver Coin -- Birthstones: March,

        featuring the artwork of Pandora Young.

Mintages, pricing and full background information on each product can be found

on the "Shop" tab of www.mint.ca.  Coin images are available here (

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All of these products can be ordered directly from the Mint at 1-800-267-1871

in Canada,

1-800-268-6468 in the US, or on the Mint's web site. The coins are also

available at Royal Canadian Mint boutiques in Ottawa and Winnipeg, as well as

through our global network of dealers and distributors, including participating

Canada Post outlets.

About the Royal Canadian Mint

The Royal Canadian Mint is the Crown corporation responsible for the minting

and distribution of Canada's circulation coins. 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. For more information on the Mint, its products and

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For further information: Alex Reeves, Senior Manager, Public Affairs, Tel: +1

(613) 884-6370, reeves@mint.ca

SOURCE: Royal Canadian Mint (RCM)