Canada discontinued the one-cent coin in 2013, citing a production cost of 1.6 cents per coin — an irony the government was no longer willing to fund. This 2022 issue is a collector restrike of that defunct denomination, executed in the Royal Canadian Mint's fine silver and gold plating program at a scale that makes the original circulation piece look almost accidental by comparison.
Canada discontinued the one-cent coin in 2013, citing a production cost of 1.6 cents per coin — an irony the government was no longer willing to fund. This 2022 issue is a collector restrike of that defunct denomination, executed in the Royal Canadian Mint's fine silver and gold plating program at a scale that makes the original circulation piece look almost accidental by comparison.