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CITIUS...ALTIUS...FORTIUS (Faster... Higher... Stronger)
These three words, comprising the motto of the Olympic movement, encourage the athlete in all of us to give our best during competition, and to view this effort as its own victory.
The Olympic Games have a 3,000 year history of bringing people together to give their best in competition. The Winter Games are the cold weather complement to the original Olympic Summer Games. Held every four years, the Olympic Winter Games feature winter sports, all of which are held on ice or snow.
The move toward a winter version of the Olympic Games began in 1908 when figure skating made an appearance at the Summer Games in London, but the International Olympic Committee did not sanction a separate Olympic Winter Games until 1924 which was held at Chamonix, France. The 11 day event was a huge success and included Nordic skiing, speed skating, figure skating, ice hockey and bobsledding.
The only Olympic Winter Games held in Canada was in 1988, in the city of Calgary, Alberta. In 2010, Canada will proudly host the XXI Olympic Winter Games, this time in Vancouver, British Columbia - let the Games begin!
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This $25 coin is certified to be 92.5% silver. It has a diameter of 40 mm and a weight of 27.78 gm. Designed by Canadian artist Steve Hepburn, the coin depicts a curler gliding toward the hog line, ready to release her shot. The obverse features the portrait of Queen Elizabeth II by Susanna Blunt.
The coin comes in a plastic capsule in a leatherette presentation case.
Currently, the Olympic coins are not available for sale to the United States. Please check back soon!
$79.95 CDN
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Coins:
The Vancouver 2010 Olympic coins are available in our store. They are not available for shipment outside North America at this time.
According to a page 4 article in the June 25, 2007 issue of Coin World , the Royal Canadian Mint now has an agreement, with the United States Olympic Committee, to allow sales of the Vancouver 2010 Olympic coins to the United States. It appears the coins are not yet available for delivery outside North America. The Vancouver 2010 Olympics 50-coin program, the largest yet for any country, started in February, but stalled in April, when Vanoc, the Vancouver Olympic organizers, and the Mint started enforcing a ban on sales outside Canada, as they had no distribution agreement in place with individual nations' Olympic Committees. Canadian and U.S. residents can now order the coins, and get information about them, by calling Brian Grant Duff at (604)684 4613. By order of Vanoc, we are not allowed to display, describe, or sell the coins on our website, on radio, or on television.
No terms of the agreement with the U.S. Olympic Committee were available at the time the Coin World article was written. The Canadian Numismatic Society email newsletter has been hinting for some weeks that a distribution deal with the States was imminent. It appears we can now ship Vancouver 2010 Olympic coins and souvenir holders to clients in Canada and the United States.
2006 Proof Olympic Lucky Loony in a Bookmark
2006 Proof Colourized Sterling Silver Olympic Dollar
2006 Olympic "Lucky" Loonie
2004 Olympic Lucky Loonie official Mint pack
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