1988 Calgary Winter Games! Full set to 10 Silver Coins. Encased in plastic – so in uncirculated condition. Includes green felt case and certificate of authenticity. Detailed pictures provided of actual item. Heading into the 1980s, the Olympics would return to Canada. The city of Calgary would host the 1988 Winter Olympics. Starting in 1985, the Federal Government, under the leadership of then-Prime Minister Brian Mulroney, issued a ten coin set to help finance and commemorate the Olympic games. In similar style to the Montreal Olympics, the RCM would introduce coins with a face value that had never been used before. Unlike the Montreal coins, mintage was limited to 5,000,000 coins and this would mark the first time that any silver coin had edge lettering on it. Said lettering was’XV OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES – JEUX D’OLYMPIQUES D’HIVER. The 10 coins were also available in a green felt case with an Olympic logo on the outside and a Royal Canadian Mint medallion on the inside. The medallion could be removed and the gold coin, offered separately, could be placed into its place. The numbered and signed Certificate of Authenticity was included in the cases internal cover recess. The entire case was fit into a white cardboard sleeve with the Olympic logo on the outside. The item “1988 Canada Olympic Ten (10) Coin Set Silver Uncirculated” is in sale since Saturday, October 22, 2016. This item is in the category “Coins & Paper Money\Coins\ Canada\Commemorative”. The seller is “diesel_dad” and is located in North Saanich, British Columbia. This item can be shipped to Canada, to United States.
- Grade: PR 70
- Circulated/Uncirculated: Uncirculated
- Country/Region of Manufacture: Canada