Part of the Royal Canadian Mint's "NHL Coin" program, this 25-cent piece was one of several sport-themed quarters issued during a period when the Mint was aggressively expanding its collector circulation series. Ice hockey's place in Canadian coinage is hardly incidental — the sport had already appeared on a 1955 commemorative and was central to the Mint's strategy of producing coins Canadians might actually pull from their pockets and notice.
Part of the Royal Canadian Mint's "NHL Coin" program, this 25-cent piece was one of several sport-themed quarters issued during a period when the Mint was aggressively expanding its collector circulation series. Ice hockey's place in Canadian coinage is hardly incidental — the sport had already appeared on a 1955 commemorative and was central to the Mint's strategy of producing coins Canadians might actually pull from their pockets and notice.