Did you know?
The Royal Canadian Mint's longest continuous contract for producing foreign coins is with Barbados - more than 30 years.
From our original mandate to mint Canadian coinage, we have diversified our operations to produce circulation and collector coins for countries around the world: more than 52 billion coins for dozens of countries in Europe, Asia, Latin America, the Caribbean, Africa and the Middle East.
Products, services - and know-how The Mint has the capacity to produce over 2 billion circulation coins or blanks per year for foreign governments. The products we offer include: - Circulation coins and blanks - Dies, die coatings, master punches and tooling - Roll and wrap, coin packaging.
In addition we provide coin management services which draw on our experience as managers of Canada's national coinage system: - Consulting services on how to start a Mint - Converting coins - Introducing new coinage - Engineering
The world's best plated coin The Royal Canadian Mint's patented coin plating technology helps minimize coin cost for foreign governments. In addition, it offers superior quality, durability and electro-magnetic signature (EMS) readability for better long-term performance compared to conventional alloys and other plating alternatives.
How is our coin superior? An alternative to the alloy coin, our patented multi-ply plated steel technology helps deal with higher base metal costs and new advances in automated vending technology.
Benefits - Unique electromagnetic signal that differs from other plated materials - Ability to match any existing electromagnetic signal - Lower cost than the traditional copper and nickel alloy-based materials - Improved durability from improved material coverage on the coin's wear area - Environmentally friendly cyanide-free process.
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