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The Royal Canadian Mint produces all of Canada's circulation coins, and manufactures circulation coins on behalf of other nations. The Mint designs and manufactures: collector coins; gold, silver and platinum bullion coins; customized medals, tokens and trade dollars; and watches and jewellery featuring coin designs. It also offers gold refinery and assay services.

The President and Master of the Mint is the senior executiveExecutive can mean: Executive (government), a branch of government; A functionary in a commercial or non-commercial organisation. The term logically refers to any employee, but often becomes restricted in meaning to any manager, and sometimes especially t officerAny holder of an office or of a post may bear the title officer . Generally, the word officer implies a rank, and degree of decision-making responsibility, higher rather than lower in a chain of command and reporting. However, in some organizations that u of the organizationAlternative meaning: Organisation (band). An organization (also organisation in many Commonwealth countries) is a formal group of people with one or more shared goals. This topic is a broad one. According to management science, most human organizations fa, reporting to a Board of Directors appointed by the Minister of Public Works and Government Service. The RCM operates under the legislative basis of the Royal Canadian Mint Act.

The Mint has been at the forefront of currency innovation, and mints coins for several countries besides Canada. Among the Mint's technical innovations was the world's first coloured circulation coin, the 2004 Remembrance Daypoppies used as a symbol of remembrance Remembrance Day or Armistice Day is a day of commemoration observed in the Commonwealth of Nations and various European countries (including France and Belgium) to commemorate World War I and other wars. It is obser 25-cent piece, with a red poppyFor the video game character, see Poppy (video game character). cemetery, France. Poppies are often seen as a symbol of World War I A poppy is an annual, biennial, or perennial plant of the Family Papaveraceae, typically with showy flowers borne one per s on the reverse. [1]

1 See also

• Canadian dollarThe Canadian dollar CAD or C is the unit of currency of Canada. It is divided into 100 cents (¢). History Canada decided to use the dollar instead of a pound sterling system because of the ubiquity of Spanish dollars in North America in the 18th century a
• LoonieLoonie is the unofficial but commonly-used name for Canada's gold-coloured, bronze-plated, one-dollar coin. It bears an image of a common loon, Canada's national bird, on the reverse and of Queen Elizabeth II on the obverse. The name was a tongue-in-cheek
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