On today’s date in 1990, the Toronto Argonauts beat the BC Lions 68-43 at the SkyDome (now the Rogers Centre), setting a Canadian Football League (CFL) combined scoring record of 111 points.
The teams’ combined 111 points were eight points higher than the previous CFL mark for the highest-scoring game of all time, according to a story published by The Lethbridge Herald on Sept. 4, 1990. Toronto’s 68 points was a club record and the second most amount scored by a CFL team (the Montréal Alouettes scored 82 points against the Hamilton Tiger-Cats in 1956).
The 25-cent commemorative coin was issued alongside two commemorative stamps.
2012 MINT COINS
In 2012, the Royal Canadian Mint issued an eight-coin set to mark the 100th Grey Cup, which saw the Argos beat the Calgary Stampeders 35-22.
As part of the set, each team – the Lions, Stampeders, Argonauts, Blue Bombers, Alouettes, Eskimos, Tiger-Cats and Roughriders – was commemorated on a 25-cent coin that was issued alongside a pair of stamps.
With a weight of 12.61 grams, the cupro-nickel coins have a 35-mm diameter and feature the effigy of Queen Elizabeth II on the obverse. Filip Mroz, of Toronto’s Bensimon Byrne, designed the reverse.