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2010

January 3

• At the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York City, Heritage Auction Galleries conducts the NY-INC Auction of the Canadiana Collection. Some highlights (including 15 percent buyer's premium):
  • 1-cent 1936 dot, SP-66 Red PCGS, finest of three known: US$402,500 (CDN$419,164),
  • 5-cent 1921, MS-67 PCGS, finest known: US$119,761,
  • 10-cent 1889, MS-66 PCGS: US$89,821,
  • 10-cent 1936 dot, SP-68 PCGS: US$191,618,
  • 25-cent 1874-H, MS-67 PCGS: US$53,892,
  • 25-cent 1875-H, blunt 5 MS-64 PCGS: US$65,869,
  • 25-cent 1936 dot, MS-64 PCGS: US$88,779,
  • 50-cent 1870, no LCW, MS-64 PCGS: US$89,821,
  • 50-cent 1871-H, MS-67 PCGS: US$125,749,
  • 50-cent 1872-H, inverted A/V MS-64 PCGS: US$89,821,
  • 50-cent 1890-H, MS-64 PCGS: US$155,689,
  • 50-cent 1892, obverse 4, MS-65 PCGS: US$89,821,
  • 50-cent 1921, MS-66 PCGS: US$227,546.
  [976] [993.1] [1059.37] [1122.4] [1195.48]

February 12

• The Royal Canadian Mint releases the 2010 Lucky Loonie dollar coin to circulation. The re3verse features the Inukshuk logo of the 2010 Winter Olympic Games. [944.27] [950.43] [968.7] [972.33] [987.32] [994.7] [1025.58] [1040.50] [1131.10]

March 1

• The Royal Canadian Mint issues sets of six 2010 circulating coins in four new holders, with themes polar bear, canoe on lake, RCMP, and maple leaves. [1059.19]

March 4

• Finance Minister Jim Flaherty announces circulating $1, $2 composition to be changed for 2011, to use multi-plated steel blanks. [1060.1] [1136.20] [1139.50]

March 18

• The Royal Canadian Mint releases the 2010 Sledge Hockey 25-cent coin to circulation. [950.43] [968.7] [972.33] [987.32] [1025.58] [1040.50] [1061.15]

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• Gatewest Coins and Proof Positive purchase a collection of about 200 Specimen Canadian coins for over $1 million. Some are unique, some finest graded. [1061.30]

April 14

• The Royal Canadian Mint issues a 2010 Coin Collector Card - RCMP, including a set of six 1-cent through $2 circulating coins (excluding 50-cent coin). Issue price is $19.95. [1045] [1099.21] [1215.27]

June 25

• A Canadian $1 million 100-kg gold Maple Leaf coin, the world's largest gold coin, sells at auction in Austria for 3.27 million euros (CDN$4.18 million), the melt value of the gold. [1029] [1035.52] [1065.17]

June 29

• The Royal Canadian Mint releases a $1 coin to circulation commemorating the founding of the Canadian Navy in 1910. Queen Elizabeth II unveils the new coin in Halifax, Nova Scotia. The obverse design featuring a Halifax-class frigate with 1910 naval serviceman and modern naval officer was created by Bonnie Ross. [1035.50] [1065.1]

September 2

• The Royal Canadian Mint releases the 2010 Saskatchewan Roughriders $1 100th anniversary commemorative coin to circulation. In place of the loon design is the team's logo with stylized "100". [1069.50] [1108.1] [1109.12]

October 28

• The Royal Canadian Mint releases the 2010 colorized Red Poppy plated-steel 25-cent coin to circulation, for the 65th anniversary of the end of World War II. The design of two red poppies flanking a soldier was created by the mint's Master Engraver Cosme Saffioti. Weight 4.4 grams, diameter 23.88mm, mintage 11 million. [1077.46] [1210.1]

October 29

• The Royal Canadian Mint and Canada Post begin sales of a 2010 Proof 0.925 fine silver $10 coin depicting a blue whale, designed by Pierre Leduc. Weight is 27.78 grams, diameter 40mm, mintage limit 10,000. The coin is available for $79.95 in a set with a $10 postage stamp of a whale. [1079.50] [1115.1]

December 14

• The Canadian Senate Committee on National Finance releases a report recommending the Royal Canadian Mint cease production of the 1-cent coin and withdraw it from circulation. [1092.10] [1095.1]

December 29

• Angus Reid releases results of a poll of 1016 Canadian adults indicating 55 percent are in favor of removing the cent coin from circulation. [1096.1]

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