THE COMPLETE 2010 VANCOUVER OLYMPIC/PARALYMPIC COIN PROGRAM CANADA (CIRCULATION)

 

- - (UPDATED 22/10/10) - -  MINTAGE OF ABOUT 1 COIN FOR 2 OUT OF 3 CANADIANS (MAXIMUM ALLOWED), FOR EACH QUARTER SERIES.    

CANADIAN COINS ARE STRUCK AS A MEDAL TURN (BOTH OBVERSE AND REVERSE ALIGNED AT TOP, SO WHEN YOU TURN COIN OVER , THE REVERSE IS RIGHT-SIDE-UP); AS OPPOSED TO USA COINS WHICH ARE A COIN TURN (WHICH WHEN YOU TURN THE COIN OVER, THE REVERSE IS UPSIDE-DOWN).  

 

 

GENERAL INFORMATION ON THE VANCOUVER 2010 OLYMPIC CIRCULATION COIN PROGRAM

[JUST AS A NOTE, THE OLYMPIC GAMES WILL BE HELD FOR 17 DAYS, FEB 12-28; AND THE PARALYMPIC GAMES WILL BE HELD FOR 10 DAYS MARCH 12-21].

 

(2010 OLYMPIC LOGO). (2010 PARALYMPIC LOGO).

THE VANCOUVER 2010 OLYMPIC QUARTER COIN SPORTS SERIES WITH 2010 VANCOUVER OLYMPIC LOGO (left) OR PARALYMPIC LOGO (right) WITH THE QUEEN'S PORTRAIT AND DATE ON OBVERSE; AND THE SPORT ON THE REVERSE OF THE COIN. 12 IN THIS SPORTS SERIES TO BE RELEASED 2007 TO 2010. 

3 COINS IN THE OLYMPIC MOMENTS SERIES TO BE RELEASED LATE 2009 TO EARLY 2010.

THE 2010 OLYMPIC CIRCULATING COIN PROGRAM WILL ALSO RELEASE 2 OLYMPIC LUCKY LOONIES TO BE ISSUED IN 2008 TO MARK THE BEIJING GAMES AND BEGINNING OF 2010 TO MARK THE 2010 VANCOUVER GAMES.

•  GIVING A TOTAL OF 17 CIRCULATING OLYMPIC COINS TO THE PROGRAM - A DEFINITE BOON TO THE COLLECTOR / NUMISMATIST !

THE QUARTER PROGRAM TO DATE DOES NOT HAVE 'D.G. REGINA' ON THE OBVERSE, THEREFORE CALLED 'GODLESS CIRCULATION COINS'.  I BELIEVE THIS IS A SPACE ISSUE, RATHER THAN ANYTHING ELSE. THEY MOVED 'CANADA' TO THE OBVERSE, AND INCLUDED THE 2010 OLYMPIC LOGO; THUS LEAVING NO MORE ROOM. A NORMAL CDN OBVERSE FOR QUEEN ELIZABETH THE 2ND, SHOWS: 'ELIZABETH II D. G. REGINA' WHICH MEANS 'Elizabeth II, by the Grace of God, Queen'.    

 

THE COINS IN ORDER OF RELEASE 

only 10 pictures allowed per guide, so will show most recent and important. 

•    *****   YEAR 2007   *****               *****   YEAR 2007   *****

                

***     CURLING IS THE 1ST OF THE QUARTER SPORTS SERIES, RELEASED FEBRUARY 23, 2007.               (GODLESS - SEE 'GODLESS CIRCULATION COINS' ABOVE).

(SEE PICTURE ABOVE, ONLY 10 PICTURES ALLOWED)

THIS CURLING COIN, FIRST RELEASE COINS THAT I HAVE, IN MY OPINION SHOW PROOF-LIKE CHARACTERISTICS, AND ARE OF EXTREMELY HIGH QUALITY. THE RCM DOESN'T BAG COINS, THEY SEND OUT ALL IN MINT WRAPPERS, SO THE ONLY CONTACT BETWEEN THE COINS IS IN THE MINT PROCESS, INTO WRAPPERS (NOTE AS OF FEB 20, 2008 THE RCM HAS CHANGED FROM LOGO PAPER WRAPPERS TO PLASTIC, WITH NO IDENTIFYING MARKS).

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***     THE 2ND QUARTER OF THE SPORTS SERIES IS ICE HOCKEY, RELEASED APRIL 3, 2007.               (GODLESS - SEE 'GODLESS CIRCULATION COINS' ABOVE).

(SEE PICTURE ABOVE, ONLY 10 PICTURES ALLOWED).

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***     THE 3RD IN THE SPORTS SERIES RELEASED JULY 11, 2007 IS THE WHEELCHAIR CURLING, THE 1ST OF THE PARALYMPIC SPORTS DEPICTED. THE FIRST COIN TO HAVE THE NEW PARALYMPIC LOGO ON THE OBVERSE OF THE COIN. (IT HAS BEEN FOUND THAT IN SOME SETS THE REGULAR OLYMPIC LOGO INSTEAD OF THE PARALYMPIC LOGO IS ON THIS COIN - A MULE). MINT SETS ARE PRODUCED AT A DIFFERENT FACILITY THAN REGULAR CIRCULATION COINAGE - SO THE MULE IS NOT FOUND ON CIRCULATION COINS.                   (GODLESS - SEE 'GODLESS CIRCULATION COINS' ABOVE).

(SEE PICTURE ABOVE, ONLY 10 PICTURES ALLOWED).

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***     THE 4TH IN THE SPORTS SERIES IS BIATHLON RELEASED SEPTEMBER 12, 2007. BIATHLON IS A COMBINATION OF CROSS-COUNTRY SKIING AND RIFLE TARGET SHOOTING.                      (GODLESS - SEE 'GODLESS CIRCULATION COINS' ABOVE).

(SEE PICTURE ABOVE, ONLY 10 PICTURES ALLOWED).

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***     THE 5TH IN THE SPORTS SERIES IS ALPINE SKIING (aka DOWNHILL SKIING)        RELEASED OCTOBER 24, 2007.  (GODLESS - SEE 'GODLESS CIRCULATION COINS' ABOVE).

- A SIDE NOTE: FOR THE COLOR / COLOURIZED VERSION IN SEALED HOLOGRAM PACKAGES: AT FIRST THESE CAME OUT WITH THE OBVERSE DIE WHICH WAS DATED 2008 RATHER THAN 2007 - A MULE; THEN LATER WITH THE PROPER OBVERSE DIE, DATED 2007. 

 (SEE PICTURE ABOVE, ONLY 10 PICTURES ALLOWED).

- - - - { END YEAR 2007 }.

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•    *****   YEAR 2008   *****               *****   YEAR 2008   *****

               

***     THE 6TH IN THE SPORTS SERIES IS SNOWBOARDING. RELEASED FEB 20, 2008.                    (GODLESS - SEE 'GODLESS CIRCULATION COINS' ABOVE).

(SEE PICTURE ABOVE, ONLY 10 PICTURES ALLOWED).

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***     THE 7TH IN THE SPORTS SERIES IS FREESTYLE SKIING        RELEASED APRIL 16, 2008. (I HAVE NOTICE SOME WITH MINOR ROTATED DIES - THERE IS TOLERANCES FROM THE MINT - SO THE ROTATION WOULD HAVE TO BE OUT OF THOSE TOLERANCES TO START COMMANDING PRICE PREMIUMS).                   (GODLESS - SEE 'GODLESS CIRCULATION COINS' ABOVE).

(A SKIER JUMPING, ONLY 10 PICTURES ALLOWED, NO ROOM).

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***     THE 1ST OF 2, 2010 OLYMPIC LOONIES IS THE  2008 OLYMPIC LUCKY LOONIE DOLLAR COIN FOR THE BEIJING OLYMPICS. {also referred to as flying loon / loonie}. RELEASED JULY 23, 2008.                 (NOT GODLESS - HAS D.G. REGINA ON OBVERSE - SEE 'GODLESS CIRCULATION COINS' ABOVE).

ALSO NOTE: LOONIES ARE MADE OF NICKEL, PLATED WITH BRONZE, AND ARE A BRONZE COLOUR.  LOONIE: HAS NEVER BEEN REFERRED TO AS A 'GOLDEN' DOLLAR.

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***     THE 8TH IN THE SPORTS SERIES IS FIGURE SKATING.        RELEASED NOVEMBER 18, 2008.            (GODLESS - SEE 'GODLESS CIRCULATION COINS' ABOVE).

(SEE PICTURE ABOVE, ONLY 10 PICTURES ALLOWED).

- - - - { END YEAR 2008 }.

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• P.S. ALL PHOTOS ET ALL, ARE NOT TO BE COPIED, THX...

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•     *****   YEAR 2009   *****               *****   YEAR 2009   *****  

              

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***     THE 9TH IN THE SPORTS SERIES IS CROSS COUNTRY SKIING  / X-COUNTRY SKIING.        RELEASED JANUARY 15, 2009.              (GODLESS - SEE 'GODLESS CIRCULATION COINS' ABOVE).

(SEE PICTURE ABOVE, ONLY 10 PICTURES ALLOWED).

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***     THE 10TH IN THE SPORTS SERIES IS SPEED SKATING. RELEASED MARCH 12, 2009.                 (GODLESS - SEE 'GODLESS CIRCULATION COINS' ABOVE).

(SEE PICTURE ABOVE, ONLY 10 PICTURES ALLOWED).

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***     THE 11TH IN THE SPORTS SERIES IS BOBSLEIGH.           THE WINTER OLYMPIC GAMES BOBSLEIGH HAS A VARIETY OF TYPES BUT THIS COIN DEPICTS THE 4 MAN BOBSLED.       RELEASED JUNE 23, 2009.                      (GODLESS - SEE 'GODLESS CIRCULATION COINS' ABOVE). 

S/B DATED 2009 SINCE RELEASED IN JUNE 2009. CANADIAN CIRCULATION COINS ARE DATED THE YEAR OF RELEASE (IN PRACTICE & HISTORICALLY). THE NUMISMATICALLY PROPER COMBINATION OF DIES W/B OBVERSE DATED 2009 & REVERSE 4-MAN BOBSLEIGH.       

(4-MAN BOBSLED ON COIN, ONLY 10 PICTURES ALLOWED). 

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***   (the 12th of the vancouver 2010 olympic quarter coin program). THE 1ST IN THE TOP OLYMPIC MOMENTS SERIES, MOMENT #1 MEN'S ICE HOCKEY (formerly to be the medalist series / bronze medalist. re-branded at theme unveiling sept. 19/09). THIS WAS THE 1st MENS ICE HOCKEY GOLD MEDAL IN 50 YEARS FOR CANADA, AGAINST THE USA AT THE 2002 SALT LAKE CITY OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES; A 5-2 VICTORY, MAKES THIS OLYMPIC MOMENT #1. (2002 Olympics - also the birth of the Olympic lucky loonie dollar coin; a loonie was buried at center ice for luck - it worked!). A VERY SMALL PERCENTAGE ISSUED ARE A COLORIZED VERSION. MINTAGE IS 3,000,000 FOR THE COLOR CIRCULATION QUARTER - THE LOWEST OF ALL THE WORLDS 5 CIRCULATING COLOR / COLORIZED COINS. (compares to 11 million, 30 million, 30 million & 1.7 billion coins per issue).   [the color version does have 2 'types'/'varieties' known].           RELEASED SEPTEMBER 29, 2009. 


 



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***     (the 13th of the vancouver 2010 olympic quarter coin program). THE 2ND IN THE TOP OLYMPIC MOMENTS SERIES, MOMENT #2 WOMEN'S ICE HOCKEY (formerly to be the medalist series / silver medalist. re-branded at theme unveiling sept. 19/09).   A 3-2 VICTORY OVER THE USA AT THE SALT LAKE CITY 2002 OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES, MAKES THIS OLYMPIC MOMENT #2. A VERY SMALL PERCENTAGE ISSUED ARE A COLORIZED VERSION. MINTAGE IS 3,000,000 FOR THE COLOR CIRCULATION QUARTER. THE WORLD'S 6th CIRCULATING COLOR COIN.                    RELEASED NOVEMBER 17, 2009.

(2 WOMEN HOCKEY PLAYERS WITH STICKS RAISED IN VICTORY; MAPLE LEAF IN BACKGROUND, ONLY 10 PICTURES ALLOWED, NO ROOM).

  

- - - - { END YEAR 2009 }.

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•     *****   YEAR 2010   *****               *****   YEAR 2010   *****  

       

***     (the 14th of the vancouver 2010 olympic quarter coin program). THE 3RD IN THE TOP OLYMPIC MOMENTS SERIES, MOMENT #3 IS C. KLASSEN (formerly to be the medalist series / gold  medalist. re-branded at theme unveiling sept. 19/09).  WITH 5 MEDALS AT THE 2006 TURIN ITALY OLYMPICS, THE MOST MEDALS WON BY AN INDIVIDUAL FOR CANADA IN A SINGLE OLYMPIC GAMES, THIS IS MOMENT #3. A VERY SMALL PERCENTAGE ISSUED ARE A COLORIZED VERSION. MINTAGE IS 3,000,000 FOR THE COLOR CIRCULATION QUARTER. THE WORLD'S 7th CIRCULATING COLOR COIN.                 RELEASED JANUARY 5, 2010.

(SPEED SKATER WITH SWIRLS; MAPLE LEAF IN BACKGROUND, ONLY 10 PICTURES ALLOWED, NO ROOM).

                                                  

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***     THE 2ND OF 2, 2010 OLYMPIC LOONIES IS THE  2010 OLYMPIC LUCKY LOONIE DOLLAR COIN FOR THE VANCOUVER OLYMPICS. THIS WILL REPRESENT THE VANCOUVER 2010 OLYMPIC GAMES. THIS MARKS THE FIRST TIME AN OLYMPIC LOONIE DOES NOT HAVE A LOON ON IT, IN ITS PLACE IT HAS THE 2010 VANCOUVER OLYMPIC SYMBOL (a modern  interpretation of the inukshuk - ilanaaq which is the inuktitut word for friend).                     RELEASED FEBRUARY 12, 2010.          ..... THE OPENING DAY OF THE 2010 VANCOUVER WINTER OLYMPIC GAMES.                

NOTE: LOONIES ARE MADE OF NICKEL, PLATED WITH BRONZE, AND ARE A BRONZE COLOR.  LOONIE: HAS NEVER BEEN REFERRED TO AS A 'GOLDEN' DOLLAR.


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***     (the 15th of the vancouver 2010 olympic quarter coin program). THE 12TH IN THE SPORTS SERIES IS PARALYMPIC ICE SLEDGE HOCKEY.             RELEASED MARCH 18, 2010  ... DURING THE 2010 VANCOUVER WINTER PARALYMPIC GAMES.                (GODLESS - SEE 'GODLESS CIRCULATION COINS' ABOVE).

- - - - { END YEAR 2010 }.