Talk:Royal Canadian Mint/Archive 1

Archive 1

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Perhaps a distinction between the Winnipeg and Ottawa branches is needed? On a tour of the Winnipeg facility (quite the tourist attraction in this city, hehe), we were told that the Winnipeg one now creates all circulation coins, domestic or international, while the Ottawa one creates all specialty coins / Gold bullion investor coins. I can't find info on the mint's obnoxious site to see if this is true for 100% of cases though. 24.76.121.126 03:35, 13 July 2005 (UTC)

How about a photo of the Winnipeg Mint? It's undoubtedly one of the most unique buildings in Canada, and produces far more total coinage than the Ottawa mint.--207.161.47.68 15:10, 3 March 2006 (UTC)

logo

I figure the logo should be moved. At 800x600, it takes up too much room and there's only a thin strip of text between it and the infobox. I just don't know where a good spot for it would be. Optichan 02:02, August 31, 2005 (UTC)

Did anybody else notice the (Winnipeg) mint shown at the end of the movie "The Constant Gardener"?

50 cent / 50 cents coin

I'm not sure what the correct usage is here. Should one say for example "the 50 cent coin" or "the 50 cents coin" (as the article does now)? In everyday Canadian usage 50 cent coin seems more common but I'm not a coin collector and this may be a technical term. Any thoughts? Cjrother 16:03, 23 May 2006 (UTC)

You can look here or here, and here. Do ya'll not call them half-dollars? Joe I 16:26, 23 May 2006 (UTC)

If you are referring to them by their value, Canadian coins would be 50 cent coin, 10 cent coin, 25 cent coin, etc. I think this is standard English usage (e.g. "5 foot wall", not "5 feet wall"; "50 metre stretch of pavement", not "50 metres stretch of pavement".) So it should be "the 50 cent coin", not "the 50 cents coin". Of course, in everyday usage in Canada, none of the coins are referred to like this - they're normally called nickel, quarter, toonie, etc. The 50-cent piece is rarely encountered in everyday transactions, so it is rarely referred to. But both 50 cent piece and half dollar are common names for it, but I think 50 cent piece is more common. --thirty-seven 18:44, 23 May 2006 (UTC)

Many Mistakes

O man, this article has so many mistakes and mis-entered superscripted numbers for the footnotes...

EDIT

Forget about my comment about "mis-entered superscripted numbers for the footnotes," but I still maintain that this article has numerous mistakes.

Reeves 00:39, 19 October 2006 (UTC)

Split into multiple articles

• This article is getting pretty long and unwieldy. I think the information about the coins should be split into a separate article; keep the main article focused on the mint itself. Klparrot 02:23, 15 November 2006 (UTC)

There is already a Coins of Canada and Canadian coinage. The excess coinage stuff should just be merged there. But, agree, most can go, some of the award stuff and nicities should stay. Joe I 22:43, 30 November 2006 (UTC)

• Merge coinage sections to Canadian coinage. The Royal Canadian Mint article should focus only on the department and its facilities. -- P199 14:38, 5 December 2006 (UTC)

Clean up formatting

• Many of the lists need cleanup; there are problems with the bullets and/or general readability. I have converted several sections to wikitables, and added "wikify" tags where I think something similar needs to be done. Gets a bit tedious, though, so I'm taking a break; hopefully someone else can take a crack at it; not sure when I'll get back to this page. Klparrot 07:07, 15 November 2006 (UTC)

• I have gotten involved in the cleanup of this page as I have been the one responsible for expanding it. I have also split the article into a new section called Numismatic Coins Issued by the Royal Canadian Mint. Maple_Leaf 09:00 December 8, 2006 (UTC)

Winnipeg Section

It has been suggested that a cleanup is needed for Winnipeg. The section on Winnipeg is extremely detailed and sourced. No cleanup should be required. Maple Leaf 12:59, 25 June 2007 (UTC)

The grammar and phrasing in a lot of this article are substandard. I will work on it as I get the time. Some of the info is outdated, too. Canadian coins no longer bear a P for plated, but rather a privy mark of the Royal Canadian Mint--Wehwalt (talk) 13:43, 5 February 2008 (UTC)

POV Commentary

Among other things, the section on introduction of the loonie makes claims that: "It too was met with reluctant acceptance by the vast majority of Canadians.", which is pretty bold for an uncited statement. Wolfstu 11:16, 1 November 2007 (UTC)

MintChip

Is the MintChip project really a project of the Royal Canadian Mint or is it some cleverly named con game by someone completely different? seems legit 75.87.129.242 (talk) 18:55, 5 April 2012 (UTC)

silver etf

do you have a gold etf as per your silver etf?

Grant Brodie — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.70.188.132 (talk) 15:02, 12 March 2013 (UTC)

WTF? --BjKa (talk) 15:47, 3 April 2013 (UTC)

Iridium

Apparently Rwanda is coming out with an iridium coin. (As part of a set with a gold, silver, platin and palladium coin: Linked page is in German, but there's a nice picture of the set). Someone on the internet claimed that Rwanda's silver bullion/collectors coins were minted in Canada. Does anyone here know whether this is true or not? An Iridium coin certainly would be fitting, considering the RCM list of firsts. And it would be very very nice to see a 1 oz iridium Maple Leaf some time in the future. :-) --BjKa (talk) 15:46, 3 April 2013 (UTC)

Where is Winnipeg?

I have noticed that in the info box, it says that the only mint location is in Ottawa, ON. But, Has the Winnipeg mint not been open since long before this article was written? Jay M (talk) 01:56, 29 April 2015 (UTC)