Imax Silver and Gold 2008 Holographic Coins from Canada

The Royal Canadian Mint recently issued two coins celebrating the film format created by Canada's IMAX Corporation. The silver and gold coins both show a spectator experiencing an immersive IMAX movie, and both feature a new Royal Canadian Mint technique to apply color directly onto a holographic image.

Award-winning and internationally renowned, IMAX is the largest film format in the world. In 1967, three Canadian filmmakers (Graeme Ferguson, Roman Kroitor and Robert Kerr) designed a new system using a single, more powerful projector, rather than the cumbersome multiple projectors used at that time. The first IMAX film premiered at the Fuji Pavilion, EXPO '70 in Osaka, Japan.

Mint: Ottawa

Year: 2008

Face value: 300 Dollars (Gold Coin) - 30 Dollars (Silver Coin)

Finish: Proof, with colored hologram on the reverse

Composition: 58.33% Gold, 41.67% Silver (14-karat) (Gold Coin) - 92.5% Silver, 7.5% Copper (Silver Coin)

Size: 40 mm

Weight: 45 grams (Gold Coin) - 31.5 grams (Silver Coin)

Mintage: 1,000 (Gold Coin) - 15,000 (Silver Coin)

Comments

[Rob]

The Keeling-Cocos Islands 5 Dollar Great White Shark coin used to be my favorite coin, but these might top it. Impressive coin.