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Canada Day 2013 Medallion

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So I wound up in downtown Ottawa on Canada Day. First, I went to the Currency Museum and got to talk to the director, then I heard that the Mint would let visitors strike a medallion on a hand-cranked press. Since I had previously heard "Mint visitors" in conjunction with things like "1921 half" or "1911 specimen set", I had to go. The lineup was long (half an hour?) and the press was clearly made for public use - a crank lifted one die via gravity, which would then drop and strike the coin. I guess this is the classic way to do it - but gravity doesn't apply that much pressure, so the medallion is incuse. It also came with a free fuzzy pouch:

Canada-Day-2013-Medallion

The medallion is struck on a copper-coloured planchet a little over nickel size. The employees on duty had been treating the bags of planchets incautiously, and they are unrimmed, so they were covered in bag marks before striking. Also, the die bounced a little bit, and each planchet had to be loaded by hand, so off-center strikes and doubling seemed to be prevalent. Mine mostly escaped these defects... and the pictures (slightly tilted for effect)...

Canada-Day-2013-Medallion

Canada-Day-2013-Medallion

Apparently, this has been an annual event for a few years, but I can't find any information about even a 2012 Canada Day medallion. This would probably be a tough set to complete...
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I was there Canada Day last year... there were no hammered medallions available....

I have ALL the hammered RCM tokens, from 2010 to 2013, from both Vancouver and Ottawa boutiques, and I am annoyed I missed this!! I was right there, on Major Hill park with the kids too... argh...

Now I have to either go down to the mint to see if they have extras, or try to buy one form a local collector.

Check out this thread, the last time I went, the press operator let me have fun with it, making errors.

https://goccf.com/t/142094
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Neat!
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Nice medallion!
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Interesting stories - I did not know this could be done. Maybe like their coin exchange they may take the medallion making on the road for those of us not in Vancouver, Ottawa or Winnipeg (VOW !)
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