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The @CanadianMint has issued a new $2 circulation coin celebrating four Canadian researchers’ groundbreaking medical achievements a century ago.
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A decade later, in 1998, @canadapostcorp honoured #Bluenose architect William Roué on a stamp.
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#OTD in 1864, George Brown joined the “Great Coalition” with George-Étienne Cartier and John A. Macdonald in an attempt to move Canada towards Confederation.
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#OTD in 1981, Canadian artist Lawren Harris' 1930 oil-on-beaverboard painting "South Shore, Baffin Island" sold for $240,000—then a record for a Canadian painting.
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In celebration of #ManitobaDay, the @CanadianMint has issued a silver collector coin honouring the 150th anniversary of the #KeystoneProvince and its entry into Confederation.
The coin is part of the RCM's May #numismatic catalogue.
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The @CanadianMint has published its 2020 annual report, which shows the mintages of four of Canada’s five common circulation denominations – everything except the 25-cent coin – decreased by a substantial amount last year.
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On #InternationalDanceDay2021, @canadapostcorp has issued two commemorative stamps celebrating a pair of Canadian ballet legends.
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The Ross King Collection of British Coins crossed the auction block in the United Kingdom earlier this month.
Ontario’s Ross King, a long-time dealer and #collector for nearly seven decades, began focusing on #Britishcoins in the late 1970s.
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On April 6, the same day the Mint issued this month's #numismatic catalogue, the Crown corporation announced a #jointset with Britain's Royal Mint.
Both #silvercoins mark Queen Elizabeth II’s 95th #birthday, which is on April 21.
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French explorer Samuel de Champlain and his controversial astrolabe are the focus of the @CanadianMint’s latest numismatic catalogue.
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