163 days to go – Vancouver 2010 coins in your pocket…
Today I got a hockey coin and a bobsleigh coin in my change. Have you found Vancouver 2010 quarters or loonies in your change? Are you collecting them? Are you a coin collector and collecting the specialty coins as well?
Circulation coin set by the Royal Canadian Mint - Inukshuk background
So far, the Royal Canadian Mint (Vancouver 2010 Official Supporter and manufacturer of the medals!) has released 11 of 12 Vancouver 2010 quarters to circulation (with date released): Curling (February 23, 2007), Hockey (April 4, 2007), Wheelchair Curling (July 11, 2007), Biathlon (September 12, 2007), Alpine Skiing (October 24, 2007), Snowboard (February 20, 2008), Freestyle Skiing (April 16, 2008), Figure Skating (November 18, 2008), Cross-Country Skiing (January 15, 2009), Speed Skating (March 12, 2009), and Bobsleigh (June 23, 2009 – currently available from the Royal Bank and Petro-Canada), the last to be released is Ice Sledge Hockey (March 18, 2010). In the coming months the Royal Canadian Mint will also be adding three 25¢ coins celebrating the top three Canadian Olympic Moments as chosen by the public! Sounds intriguing… Besides the quarters in circulation there will be two “Lucky Loonies”. The first was released July 23, 2008 and the second will be released on February 15, 2010!
2008 Lucky Loonie - the loon taking flight
2010 Lucky Loonie - Ilanaaq, the Olympic Emblem
I’m going to have to look through my change to see if I have all of the Vancouver 2010 coins currently in circulation. If not I guess I’m getting myself to a shop that sells one of the sets (as seen above) for $29.95 (does not include the three ‘Olympic Moment coins’). Or, better yet, if you would like to display the coins that you have, the Royal Canadian Mint says that you can stop by Petro-Canada to get your FREE Collector Coin Card for all 17 of the Vancouver 2010 circulation coins! So stop by, grab your card and get collecting! (Admit it, you have a coin jar, look through it and see what you have!). As far as I can tell there will only be 10,000 of each of these coins made. That’s really not many, and they will be a collector’s item!
Coin Collector Card - get yours free at Petro-Canada today! If you have trouble finding one, let me know and I'll see if I can find a location that has some!
Are you a hard-core coin collector?? Well, the Royal Canadian Mint has you covered. There are Mascot coins (individual coins, coins in hockey pucks, coins on a card, an album for the cards or a set), uncirculated coins, silver coins (~$55+), silver coins with holograms (~$72 each), silver coin sets, a silver wafer (~$90), and silver kilo coins (~$1600!). There are also gold $75 coins (~$500 each), gold coin sets, and gold kilo coins (up to ~$54,000!!). So whatever your budget there’s a coin (or set) for you! (I think I may stick to the circulation coins!).
Emblems and Mascots coin and pin set - ~$50 - Only 16,000 made
Silver Hologram Skeleton coin - ~$72
Gold kilo coin - Surviving the Flood - $49,000, artist Xwa Lack tun (Rick Harry) of Squamish (only 40 were made and this coin is sold out!)
So, whether you’re an avid collector or a much more general enthusiast like me, there are coins to suite you. I don’t know about you but I’ll be heading to Petro-Canada tomorrow to get my Coin Collecting Card. It’s a nice inexpensive way to be involved in something really big.
Besides coins, I just want to remind you that we have the Women’s Hockey Canada Cup on in Vancouver this week! Two games again today. The 3:00pm game was USA vs SWE, and the United States beat Sweden 7-0. And this evening’s 7:30pm game was CAN vs FIN, where Canada won 10-2! Caroline Ouellette and Rebecca Johnston both got hat tricks! And Colleen Sostorics (whom I’ve written about previously) was busy too! I’m hoping to be able to meet with someone from the team this week to ask some questions though I am definitely aware they’re busy and focused. If nothing else, I’ll be at the Gold Medal Game! Go Canada Go!! And you should go too! Tickets are cheap and this is great hockey! Get your tickets here.
Off to bed. Thank you and merci for reading!
I am 8 years old and would really like to get the card to keep my olympic coins in. What Petro near Saint John, Hampton or Sussex New Brunswick could I find a coin card. Thank you.
William
Hi William!
Thanks for writing to me. I believe that all the Petro-Canada gas stations should have the coin collector cards available, but you can also request one from the Royal Canadian Mint online at http://www.mint.ca/store/mint/learn/collector-coin-card-3000002 and they will mail you one for free. I hope you’re having a lot of luck finding all of the coins!
Cheers,
Andrea – 2010vanfan blogger
hey great article i was at a coin show in toronto and i seen the coin cards for the olymic coins, but in it there were 3 of the slots that were not marked which ones would they be do you know? also i was really late to arrive there and they only had one card left , so im glad you let me know that i can get it at petro i will be going there soon thanks..
I have olympic coin collector cards but what coins go into the 3 moment spaces on the cards? Please let me know. Im collecting for 7 children
Thank you
Magriet van Rensburg
Hi Magriet,
The 3 moment spaces are for the coins currently being released by the Royal Canadian Mint. In September they released the “Men’s Gold – 2002″, on November 17th they released “Women’s Gold – 2002″ and on January 5th they’ll release “Cyndi Klassen’s 5 medals – 2006″. These coins should be available from any Royal Bank branch. A small number of them even have the maple leaf coloured red! I’ve been getting a few rolls from my bank to get a nice supply of coins
You can read a bit more on one of my earlier posts here http://2010vanfan.ca/2009/09/20/145-days-to-go-royal-canadian-mint-olympic-moments-coins-plus-more-on-usa-house/
Hope that helps!!
Andrea – 2010vanfan blogger
Silver Hologram Skeleton coin: how would someone buy one of these?
Hi Ratha,
You can try ordering it from the Royal Canadian Mint http://www.mint.ca/store/coin/25-silver-hologram-coin-%13-skeleton-2009-prod250052 however they say they are backordered right now so it may take a while to get one. You can also look at Canada Post offices, Olympic Stores, and some other locations (I’ve seen some for sale at London Drugs). Hope that helps!
Andrea
i normally don’t collect coins but i like this coins they r unquire just like me so i was wondering if i can have a free card
Hi Jackie, I’m afraid I don’t have the collector’s card but you can pick one up from Petro-Canada locations or online from the Royal Canadian Mint at http://www.mint.ca/store/mint/learn/collector-coin-card-3000002. Hope that helps. Andrea
1 week, 6 days to go!!!!!!!!