2025 Canada 5c Tribute W Mint Mark Beaver 1 oz. Fine Silver Coin (No Tax)

Packaging: Black clamshell with black beauty box

Our Tribute: W Mint Mark series ends with a national symbol.

Canada’s smallest-value circulation coin features a reverse design that packs a lot of history into one image! In 2025, Castor canadensis celebrates its 50th anniversary as an official symbol of Canadian sovereignty, though the beaver’s connection to this land goes deeper: as a commodity, its fur made it an integral part of early Canadian history; and as a cultural icon, its likeness has appeared on everything from heraldic bearings to the first Canadian postage stamp. However, few depictions of the beaver are as iconic as George Edward Kruger Gray’s conception, seen here on this “minted in Winnipeg” coin that brings our popular Tribute: W Mint Mark series to a close.

Last coin in our “minted in Winnipeg” series.

Struck in Winnipeg: Castor canadensis on a coin

The coin affectionally dubbed the “nickel” – despite the fact that the element is no longer the main material found in the coin – has been struck at our Winnipeg facility since it opened in 1976. In that time (1976-2025), G.E. Kruger Gray’s beaver has enjoyed a nearly uninterrupted run on the five-cent piece, yielding only to the 60th anniversary of the Victory Nickel commemoration in 2005 and the 150th anniversary of Confederation in 2017, when Canada’s circulation coins all bore special themed designs for Canada’s sesquicentennial – and all were proudly struck in Winnipeg.

Packaging  Your coin is encapsulated and presented in a black Royal Canadian Mint-branded clamshell with a black beauty box.