Historical Hockey and Sports Memorabilia Auction Spring 2023
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 5/2/2023
Produced at the behest of the federal government, led by then-prime minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau, the Royal Canadian Mint issued five and ten dollar coins – the first ever produced by the RCM – to be used to help finance the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal. We offer two complete sets, with each housed in their original Olympic brief cases. Sporting a face value of $210.00 per case (14 $10 coins and 14 $5 coins), the coins were designed to be issued in four-coin sets, in seven different series (28 coins total), with each case constituting a complete set. The seven series themes included Geographic, Olympic Motifs, Early Canadian Sports, Olympic Track and Field Sports, Olympic Water Sports, Olympic Team and Body Contact Sports, and Olympic Souvenirs. The $10 denomination coins have a gross weight of 48.600 grams while the $5 denomination coins have a gross weight of 24.300 grams. Each coin is 92.5% silver for a net silver weight of 44.955 grams (1.4453 troy ounces) and 22.478 grams (0.7227 troy ounces) of silver respectively.
Each 9” x 16” leather case features the Olympic rings in gold, with light wear to the pair, with the closing clasp on one case sticking somewhat. One of the cases also has the interior section of the lid detached, with this easily reparable with glue. The coins all appear to remain in high grade, with just the odd scratch visible.
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