September 2019 Release

I agree, the coin has an attractive classic design.

Too bad the RCMP side is just a rehash of Paul Cedarberg's design that was used on the 1973 RCMP 25-cent coin (flipped horizontally for the new coin).

They're available at Gatewest as well.

Thanks for sharing your images! The coin looks great!


The RCM's 2019 Peace/Liberty medal features the same design in reverse proof. It looks terrific!

@Silveroid: I haven't purchased the new American Liberty medal yet, but I do have the previous medals and will likely get the new one soon.

I do wish, however, that the US Mint had continued to issue the medal in a one-ounce planchet format vs. switching to a larger 2.5 ounce planchet.

After an extended wait, my 2020 Peace SD arrived yesterday. The images posted above work for my coin as well.

I like the coin and believe the RCM did a very nice job producing Susan Taylor's design. Overall, the high-relief design and strike are impressive.

I'm happy to add it to my SD collection!

I agree, the depth of the capsule is excessive for the coin.

My guess is that they are using the same capsule for multiple different high-relief coins and ordered a capsule size that fits the one with the highest relief vs. different capsules specific to the relief of each coin. A potential cost savings move.

No. I have it sitting in a tray that I got for the Murano Glass coins. All of my 36mm SDs with the exception of this one live in a Lighthouse CAPS 36 tray; this coin does clip the top of the drawer slide as the drawer closes. It is a disappointment. I did not buy into the 1949 release ... justifying to myself that it wasn't a 36mm coin (It is 34mm) so I don't know.

I really like this coin but as you note, the "coffin" size is excessive.

I agree. It would be nice if all coins of a specific Face Value had a similar form factor. That would allow the completionist geeks among us to keep our OCD under control.

If you look at the FV of $25, it has been used for 40mm, 60mm, 38mm, 36mm, 34mm and 27mm not to mention a football shaped coin and some high relief coins where the thickness causes issues with a tray. Were you a collector of $25 with a desire for a common display then you are into designing and building a custom presentation cabinet of some form... not something off the shelf.

$30 doesn't fare much better... It commenced in 2005 with a 40mm coin then in 2014, a 54mm coin which stuck until the Zentangle series were issued at 50mm.

The $1 SD has been a stalwart at 36mm (+/-) since 1935 with few diversions... notably the introduction of the nickel $ at 32mm then the Loon at 26.5mm. In the NCLT realm, ignoring the "big Coins" all SD's have fit the 36mm diameter with the exception of the two loons issue at 38mm in 2012. The weight of the coins has fluctuated but that has been accommodated by thickness and minor diameter changes not a form factor adjustment. This year the RCM has decided to give us the High Relief $1 Peace coin and a 34mm Piedfort 1949 reissue. I hope this is not a trend going forward.

Another series I collect is the $100 gold. That has been 27mm since 1976 (excepting the 1st 22k version) and has remained through karat changes and weight reductions... This year though we got the Apollo 11 coin at 25mm and convex format... I passed.

Not that I don't want these coins to be produced... just not in the familiar $1 or $100 formats.