Within 60 years of opening the Royal Canadian Mint, the cost of issuing silver circulation coins became too cost prohibitive as the face value of the coinage was superseded by silver’s value at the time. Today the Royal Canadian Mint produces modern silver bullion and collectible coins which ...
The flavor neither freshened your breath nor gave you a "pick-me-up” like its fruity cousins, and was discontinued within a couple of years. 1921: Peace dollar Steve Lovegrove // Shutterstock 1921: Peace dollar Just over 1 million Peace Dollars were minted in 1921. After silver was ...