RCM / Royal Canadian Mint Tokens With "circulation" Coin Designs

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wilsonwu89 Pillar of the Community Canada 705 Posts	Posted 04/26/2013 4:01 pm As far as I know, the RCM has released tokens with circulation coinage designs every now and then at their gift shop locations (pressed in front of you). I know these tokens exist, but are there any more that I am not aware of? -2004 Polar Bear -2005 Beaver -2006 Maple Leaf -2011 Loon -2012 Loon I also have this odd token I bought off ebay with the design of the Polar Bear from the Toonie. It is surrounded by an oversized Copper piece and it has the signature of an ex-RCM president. Any idea know where this token was given out and whether this piece is unique? Are there any other tokens of similar design surrounded by copper? The one on the left is 2004 RCM token, the right is unknown. Report this Post to the Staff

SPP-Ottawa Moderator Canada 10456 Posts	Posted 04/26/2013 4:07 pm I know a certain twoonie collector, who would love that piece!! Very cool... "Discovery follows discovery, each both raising and answering questions, each ending a long search, and each providing the new instruments for a new search." -- J. Robert Oppenheimer Content of this post is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses...0/deed.en_US My eBay store Report this Post to the Staff
t_y Pillar of the Community Canada 632 Posts	Posted 04/26/2013 4:58 pm The bimetallic piece was distributed by the Mint in 1996. The Mint stand in Montreal had a very large transparent box with a few thousands of those. By the end of that NUPHILEX all them were gone. They are common. Less common is a similar piece where the medallion has a specimen finish and the reverse states a thank you message to the Mint staff for the successful release of the twoonie. The medallion of the bimetallic piece is struck on a 25c planchet. There's a HUGE number of tokens. I am trying to catalog them for the Charlton but I barely scratched the surface Report this Post to the Staff
coin_games Valued Member Canada 319 Posts	Posted 04/26/2013 7:05 pm Those are nice tokens, better than the 2011 & 2012 Loons I had the 2008 token from Winnipeg Mint, but can't seem to find it now. There is an old coin press at the Winnipeg Mint that costs $3 per token, you can press the button yourself. Report this Post to the Staff
commems CCF Master Historian of USA Commemoratives United States 12250 Posts	Posted 04/26/2013 10:47 pm I seem to recall picking up one or two examples of the bimetallic medal at the RCM booth at an American Numismatic Association ( ANA) convention back in the 1990s. I believe they were being sold for $2.00, but I'm not 100% certain of it. Collecting history one coin or medal at a time! (c) commems. All rights reserved. Report this Post to the Staff
chequer Pillar of the Community Canada 4227 Posts	Posted 04/27/2013 10:35 am I have a couple of the bimetallic Wetherup tokens, they were given out by the mint rep at a show I put on in Halifax some time ago. I like them. Report this Post to the Staff
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RCM Tokens With "Circulation" Coin Designs