Images of all collector and bullion coins issued by the Royal Canadian Mint are illustrated in full color. This year the title of the catalog has been modified, to be more in keeping with the contents. The new title Canadian Coins, Volume Two Collector and Maple Leaf Issues now emphasizes the full scope of the catalog. Canadian Coins, Volume Two, 2nd edition, consists of 360 pages, lists over 1,000 coin designs and has over 1,700 color illustrations. Specifications and complete pricing are given for each issue. The Montreal, Calgary, Athens, and Vancouver Olympic coins contribute well over 15% of the designs that comprise the Olympic Series. The coins of the Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Games alone are numbered well over one hundred. Deep pockets would be required to own the complete series as each of the five $2,500 kilo-gold coins alone weigh in at $50,000. A more modest collection would be the 42 varieties of twenty-five cent coins. [Read more...]

The 65th edition of Canadian Coins with a strictly numismatic content will be released July 2010 at the RCNA Convention in Saint John. This 384-page numismatic listing of Canadian coins is a must for dealers and collectors alike who wish to keep up-to-date in their hobby. This catalog lists and prices all circulation (business strike) coinage issued in Canada from 1870 to 2010. Each denomination is listed by date with pricing for all collectible grades. Naturally, all segments from the French Regime to the later test tokens have their separate chapters. The Variety Section in the 65th edition is devoted to the Victoria Large Cent Series, 1858 to 1901. Eighty-one large cent varieties are listed, most are constant but a few are progressive. The progressive varieties are examples of what a collector may expect from this challenging series. The Victorian Canadian Variety Series which began in 2006 with the fifty cent coins now ends with the publishing of the large cent varieties. [Read more...]