{"product_id":"2009-canada-50-150th-anniversary-of-the-construction-of-parliament-5oz-silver-no-tax-copy","title":"2008 Canada $50 100th Anniversary of the Royal Canadian Mint 5oz. 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On hand were the elite from Canada's financial and political circles.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black;\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"box-sizing: inherit; --pr-translate-x: 0; --pr-translate-y: 0; --pr-rotate: 0; --pr-skew-x: 0; --pr-skew-y: 0; --pr-scale-x: 1; --pr-scale-y: 1; --pr-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --pr-ring-offset-width: 0px; --pr-ring-offset-color: #fff; --pr-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --pr-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --pr-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --pr-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --pr-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; word-spacing: 0px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background: white;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; float: none; word-spacing: 0px;\"\u003eHistory was made when Governor General Earl Grey struck the nation's first domestically produced coin – a50-cent piece. A few moments later, the first bronze cent was struck by Lady Grey.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr style=\"box-sizing: inherit; --pr-translate-x: 0; --pr-translate-y: 0; --pr-rotate: 0; --pr-skew-x: 0; --pr-skew-y: 0; --pr-scale-x: 1; --pr-scale-y: 1; --pr-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --pr-ring-offset-width: 0px; --pr-ring-offset-color: #fff; --pr-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --pr-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --pr-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --pr-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --pr-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; word-spacing: 0px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background: white;\"\u003eFor a young Canada, the opening of the Ottawa Branchof London's Royal Mint was a confident step forward, even if control over its coin designs and tools remained overseas. This began to change in 1931 when the Mint was transferred to the federal government. By 1936, the first ‘all-Canadian’ coin designs still used today were circulating.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr style=\"box-sizing: inherit; --pr-translate-x: 0; --pr-translate-y: 0; --pr-rotate: 0; --pr-skew-x: 0; --pr-skew-y: 0; --pr-scale-x: 1; --pr-scale-y: 1; --pr-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --pr-ring-offset-width: 0px; --pr-ring-offset-color: #fff; --pr-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --pr-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --pr-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --pr-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --pr-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; word-spacing: 0px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background: white;\"\u003eFrom the beginning, innovation has been the hallmark of the Mint, with a revolutionary coin plating process, purest 99.999% numismatic gold coin and coloured circulation coin just a few of its internationally renowned firsts.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr style=\"box-sizing: inherit; --pr-translate-x: 0; --pr-translate-y: 0; --pr-rotate: 0; --pr-skew-x: 0; --pr-skew-y: 0; --pr-scale-x: 1; --pr-scale-y: 1; --pr-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --pr-ring-offset-width: 0px; --pr-ring-offset-color: #fff; --pr-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --pr-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --pr-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --pr-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --pr-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; word-spacing: 0px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background: white;\"\u003eIn 1979, a new state-of-the-art facility in Winnipeg (Manitoba) took the automated production of circulation coins to new heights, while the Ottawa (Ontario) location continued to focus on bullion (investment) and numismatic (collector) coins as well as refining\/assaying services.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr style=\"box-sizing: inherit; --pr-translate-x: 0; --pr-translate-y: 0; --pr-rotate: 0; --pr-skew-x: 0; --pr-skew-y: 0; --pr-scale-x: 1; --pr-scale-y: 1; --pr-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --pr-ring-offset-width: 0px; --pr-ring-offset-color: #fff; --pr-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --pr-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --pr-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --pr-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --pr-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; word-spacing: 0px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background: white;\"\u003eToday, 100 years after its official opening, people still flock to the heritage building on Sussex Drive to see the captivating process of transforming metal into coins. 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