Wheelchair Curling Coin

The Vancouver Sun runs a sidebar in its Road to 2010 weekly feature called Collectors' Corner ... and it seems tailor-made for this blog. Enjoy.

Last week, the Royal Canadian Mint officially released the third of 17 circulation coins to celebrate the Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games. Wheelchair curling is depicted on the 25-cent coin. The RCM is proud to be the first mint to commemorate the Paralympic Games through the issuing of a circulation coin.

Up to 22 million 25-cent wheelchair curling coins will enter into circulation on July 11 and will be available exclusively at RBC Royal Bank and participating Petro-Canada outlets.

Participating Petro-Canada gas stations will also sell wheelchair curling sports cards, containing a uniquely painted version of the coin. The sports cards will sell for $7.95 and will also be available as of July 11th.

Wheelchair curling is the first of two Paralympic circulation coins to be featured in the RCM's extensive Olympic and Paralympic coin program. The ice sledge hockey 25-cent circulation coin will be launched in June, 2009.