1988 Calgary Winter Games
Heading into the 1980s, the Olympics would return to Canada. The city of Calgary would host the 1988 Winter Olympics. Starting in 1985, the Federal Government, under the leadership of then-Prime Minister Brian Mulroney, issued a ten coin set to help finance and commemorate the Olympic games. In similar style to the Montreal Olympics, the RCM would introduce coins with a face value that had never been used before. Said coins would feature a $20 face value. These coins were issued in Proof quality only, and were sold with the partnership of the Royal Bank of Canada. Unlike the Montreal coins, mintage was limited to 5,000,000 coins and this would mark the first time that any silver coin had edge lettering on it. Said lettering was 'XV OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES - JEUX D'OLYMPIQUES D'HIVER.
1988 Calgary Olympics
Year Series Sport Artist Mintage Issue Price
1985 First Series Downhill Skiing Ian Stewart 406,360 $37.00
1985 First Series Speed Skating Friedrich Peter 354,222 $37.00
1986 Second Series Hockey Ian Stewart 396,602 $37.00
1986 Second Series Biathlon John Mardon 308,086 $37.00
1986 Third Series Cross-Country Skiing Ian Stewart 303,199 $39.50
1986 Third Series Free-Style Skiing Walter Ott 294,322 $39.50
1986 Fourth Series Figure Skating Raymond Taylor 334,875 $39.50
1986 Fourth Series Curling Walter Ott 286,457 $39.50
1987 Fifth Series Ski-Jumping Raymond Taylor 290,954 $42.00
1987 Fifth Series Bobsleigh John Mardon 274,326 $42.00
