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Over 1 billion circulation coins are minted each year at our high-tech plant in Winnipeg. We not only produce all of Canada’s circulation coins, we also manage the national coin supply - from weekly forecasting, to production, to recycling and eventual retirement.
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Faces of the Monarch
As a Commonwealth country, Canada has included the likeness—or 'effigy'—of the reigning monarch on its coins since 1908. Learn about at all the Royal effigies featured on our coins.
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Award-winning Coins
Take a closer look at the awards our innovative and beautifully designed coins have won over the years.
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Commemorative Circulation Program
For over seventy-five years, specially issued circulation coins have helped Canadians commemorate, celebrate and honour, stories, events or people of national significance.