The Forevermark Black Label program involved a formal partnership between the Royal Canadian Mint and De Beers' Forevermark diamond certification brand — an unusual commercial arrangement that embedded a certified natural diamond directly into the coin itself. The diamond's inclusion required each planchet to be individually handled and verified, making this one of the few legal tender issues where production volume was constrained not by gold supply but by gemstone availability and certification bottlenecks.
The Forevermark Black Label program involved a formal partnership between the Royal Canadian Mint and De Beers' Forevermark diamond certification brand — an unusual commercial arrangement that embedded a certified natural diamond directly into the coin itself. The diamond's inclusion required each planchet to be individually handled and verified, making this one of the few legal tender issues where production volume was constrained not by gold supply but by gemstone availability and certification bottlenecks.