- March
- Revenue Canada - Taxation reverses its decision to allow coins and currency in RRSPs, stating that coins or bills worth more than face value are commodity items, which are not allowed in an RRSP. [380.178]
- The workers' strike at the Royal Canadian Mint ends. [88.72] [545.1]
- April 16
- The Royal Canadian Mint begins selling the third set of Olympic commemorative $5 and $10 silver coins. Banks and coin dealers also begin making the coins available to the public. [661.279] [346.92] [562.1]
- (month unknown)
- Finance Minister John Turner cancels a proposed commemorative $1 coin marking the opening of the new Winnipeg branch mint. [380.195]
- June 6
- Yvon Gariepy is appointed Master of the Mint, effective June 15. [36.6] [564.4] [565.4] [567.1] [670.1]
- June 15
- Gordon Hunter, master of the Royal Canadian Mint, retires. [563.1] [567.1] [569.46]
- (month unknown)
- Charlton International Publishing releases the 1976 Standard Catalogue of Canadian Coins, Tokens, and Paper Money, 24th Edition, by J.E. Charlton. Price is $3.95. [564.58]
- In Long Beach, California, Paramount Numismatics auctions off 15 Canadian coins from the recently discovered Heaton Mint hoard. Five coins are presented as MS-70. [704.B3]
- The Guiness Book of World Records describes the Canadian 1911 $1 silver trial piece as the world's rarest coin. [776.0]
- July 16
- In Calgary, Alberta, the Canadian Numismatic Association holds its annual convention. [631.23] [566.38]
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- October 11
- In a column in the Coin, Stamp, Antique News newspaper, Jerry Remick suggests the Mint reduce the circulating nickel $1 coin to 29mm and be 7 or 12 sided; and introduce $2, $5, $10 coins of sizes 34mm, 38mm, and 45mm, respectively, [568.24]
1976
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- In New York, a 1921 50c coin sells for $31,000. [578.12]
- April 30
- The Winnipeg branch of the Royal Canadian Mint is officially opened. It houses 31 coining presses, capable of producing 700 million coins per year in one shift of workers. [2] [45.12] [172.240] [257] [298] [576.1] [577.4] [592.4] [655.20] [693.6]
- (month unknown)
- In Alberta, the cornerstone of the Elbow Park Elementary school is opened, revealing 10c, 25c, and 50c coins dated 1921, in uncirculated condition. [578.12]
- May 16
- At the Ontario Numismatic Association convention in Toronto, the 1911 silver pattern dollar is sold at auction to Douglas Robins of Oregon, for $110,000. The piece is from the John McKay-Clements collection. This price is tied for 8th highest paid for a coin in the world. Douglas Robins also buys a choice uncirculated 1921 5c for $5,200, and a choice uncirculated 1921 50c for $21,000. [2] [29.26] [152.19] [340.1] [602.1] [620.1] (May 15 [578.1,12] [37.21])
- May 27
- In the House of Commons, John Reynolds introduces the Numismatic Hobby Protection Act as a private member's bill. Bill C-439 would amend the Criminal Code, making it illegal to manufacture copies of non-current coins of numismatic value without clearly labelling them as copies. [581.1] [590.1] [698.12]
- (month unknown)
- Charlton International Publishing releases the 25th Standard Catalogue of Canadian Coins Tokens and Paper Money, 1977 Edition. Price is $4.50. [580.1]
- In Ottawa, the Canadian Numismatic Association holds its annual convention. [631.23]
- Walter Ott replaces Patrick Brindley as chief engraver at the Royal Canadian Mint. [683.22]
- July 3
- Publisher Offset Make-Up releases the first issue of Canadian Coin News newspaper, formerly called Coin, Stamp, Antique News. [415.28] [659.20.4]
- October 11
- Douglas Robins sells the 1911 silver pattern dollar to Gene Henry of Rare Coin Galleries, Seattle, Washington for US$135,000. [2] [29.26] [386.413] [582.1] [583.4] [602.1]
- October 22
- For the second time, a Numismatic Hobby Protection bill is introduced in the House of Common, seeking to make it illegal to make replicas of non-current numismatic coins without clearly marking them as copies. (The bill passes the House of Commons, but not the Senate.) [583.1] [585.4] [590.1] [594.1] [596.1] [698.12] [1086.30]
- Year
- For the year, the Royal Canadian Mint produces silver coins totalling 8.4 million troy ounces, the highest silver consumption for coins in the world, 20% above the next highest. [595.8]
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