The centre will “double the Mint’s capacity to innovate and will open new and exciting opportunities to market our proprietary technologies and processes,” said Ian Bennett, master of the Royal Canadian Mint said. “The expansion of our plating facility supports the growth of the Mint’s foreign business as a key priority as we pursue the objective to own 15 per cent of global market share by 2020.” Construction of the 70,000-square-foot expansion began in the fall of 2011, and cost an estimated $60 million. Continue reading →
Serial No. 1 of the 2025 Niue Island 0.001 bitcoin silver issue is among the highlights of Stack's Bowers Galleries' June 2026 Showcase Auction. Loaded with 0.001 bitcoin, the piece is promoted as the first legal-tender physical bitcoin ever released and is one of just 1,000 examples struck. (Photo courtesy of Stack's Bowers Galleries)
