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Royal Canadian Mint - OTTAWA, ONTARIO, JUNE 9, 2015 - As Canadians far and wide prepare to celebrate Canada Day, the Royal Canadian Mint has issued a new 25-cent circulation coin commemorating the 50th birthday of the universally recognized Canadian flag. The coin was unveiled today at centre field in Toronto's Varsity Stadium, before the kick-off to a CFL exhibition game between the Toronto Argonauts and the Winnipeg Blue Bombers.  "The Mint is delighted to join in the celebration of the national flag's 50th anniversary by issuing a commemorative 25-cent circulation coin which will reach Canadians living in every province and territory," said Sandra Hanington, President and CEO of the Royal Canadian Mint. "The 50th birthday of our red and white maple leaf flag, which has blossomed into a universal symbol of Canadian pride, is a great theme for a new circulation coin and an important step in the countdown towards the 150th anniversary of Confederation in 2017." Designed by Nova Scotia artist Bonnie Ross, the reverse of this new 25-cent circulation coin features an illustration of our national flag surrounded by fifty children, each of whom represent one of the flag's 50 years, as well as Canada's future. The words "50 years/ans also appear at the bottom center of the design. Out of a total of mintage of 12.5 million coins, 6.25 million will be coloured, and an equal number will be non-coloured. They will begin circulating nationally as of June 9, 2015. Canadians can start looking for this coin in their change, attend coin exchanges at special events in select locations across Canada and at the Mint's Ottawa, Winnipeg and Vancouver boutiques, or obtain limited quantities through an online coin exchange at http://www.mint.ca/flag (limited to Canada only). The Mint is also celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Canadian flag through several collector coins released in 2015, including the Proof Silver Dollar and Fine Silver Proof Set, a pure gold 50-cent coin, and a coloured $3 fine silver coin, among others. More information on this family of products can be found at http://www.mint.ca.
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Valued Member
Canada
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I just put in my order. $2.50 for 10 quarters, free shipping, no tax. How can you go wrong? :)
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Valued Member
United States
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You can only order if you Canadian  . I would really like to pick one of these sets up, its face selling for face value!! |
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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I just ordered through RCM as well, extremely surprised at no shipping charge. Max 1 set, grand whopping total of $2.50, face at 10 x 25c. |
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New Member
Canada
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just ordered a few. thanks a lot for the information.
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Valued Member
Canada
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I was hoping RCM would issue a circulation commemorative quarter for the flag. Getting them for face, no tax and free shipping is excellent!  Thanks for the heads up CCF Press. |
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Valued Member
Canada
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A commemorative 50 cent coin would have been cool. Too bad the average Canadian never sees a 50c. Of course after the last commemorative 50c coin, you can understand why they didn't try it again...
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Valued Member
Canada
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A commemorative 50 cent coin would have been cool. It is odd that RCM chose not to use it for at least one of the flag commemoratives. For the circulation commem I'm glad they used the quarter because it actually will circulate (the 50¢ just doesn't) and I'll be able to add a couple to my circulated coins collection. |
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Got mine, would like more, but.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I am google lazy are those mintage numbers, low, high or average
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Valued Member
Canada
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Valued Member
Canada
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I just ordered mine. Pretty good deal I'd say! Hopefully the coins in hand look as nice as the ones from the press photo.
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Does anyone know if any banks will also be distributing these coins  |
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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The press release did say both styles of quarters were issued for public circulation, so yes banks will be distributing them. But from my past experience, there's no guarantee that "all" branches of banks will because they have no control in ordering specific mintages of coin. One of the reasons for that, depending on the type of market they serve, some branches always have excess on hand and must regularly ship off excess coin to their central cash/coin headquarters, never actually "ordering" any.......as opposed to other branches that do order volumes of coin so they have an adequate working supply on hand for their customers, because they do not receive it "over the counter".
If you happen to have a business relationship with anyone at a bank, your best bet would be to ask if they'd do you a favour and let you know if/when they do receive a supply..
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Edited by wildflowerAB
06/11/2015 4:03 pm
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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one bank in Surrey, BC had them yesterday.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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I just got $200 in mint wrapped rolls
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