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ROYAL CANADIAN MINT

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Address:

355, River Road, Ottawa

Master: Yvon Gariepy

Primary purpose of the mint is to produce Canada's circulatory coinage. However, since it became a Crown Corporation in 1969, it has been given the responsibility and authority to take on other business for the purpose of making a profit. In recent years the mint has been

awarded a number of overseas contracts for numismatic coins and is used

extensively by such marketing companies as Paramount and World Coin. The higher quality of the mint's numismatic coins is widely

acknowledged.