Welcome back to Beaverworks Mint. It has taken over 18000 hours for us to build our own mint from scratch. With the help of financial backers and some truly outstanding people, we have at long last finished our studio production space, purchased and set up a brand new calibrated coining press and minting system. We are located in Western Canada, based outside of Edmonton, Alberta in an undisclosed location and aim to offer world class minting services and fine silver and gold bullion round coins dedicated to the Royal Canadian Air Force.
Our first coin we issued and in the process, set the global standard in minting quality as up until that point, no coin in history was ever minted up to our specs.
We are in the final stages of this very complex and costly start up cycle and we will resume fabrication and shipment of our silver and gold issues shortly. If you have any need for custom, world class minting, please feel free to contact us by email.
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A Promise Made
A Promise We Aim to Keep!
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-Where have we been for the last 5 years? Click here for information on our truly epic journey.
Listed below is our catalogue of works, and we will be adding to our body of work significantly in 2024.
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Formally Recognised by the Royal Canadian Air Force
Excited to Finally Resume Operations.
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MuskOx
Seeing this picture, made it worth it. Thank you Colonel.
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Beaverworks Mint produces, world class, fine bullion round medallion coins comprised of precious metals with a purity of 99.99% sourced from the Royal Canadian Mint refineries. We have nearly all the tooling located under a single roof to take a concept design and turn it into a true work of art. Beaverworks Mint is lead by Canadian Artist Joseph Green B.FA and has spent in excess of 18000 hours over the last 5 years that it has taken to acquire all the expertise, tooling and facilities neccessary in order to bypass any reliance upon any other group in order to mint fine works of art in the medium of precious metals. Recently, Beaverworks was recognised by the Royal Canadian Air Force with the first prototype coin of our forthcoming issue of the RCAF Silver Maple, by having serial number 1 presented to the Commanding General of the Royal Canadian Air Force, Lieutenant General Eric Kenny at an event hosted in Calgary. We are in the final stages of coating our hardened steel coining dies to ensure a proof-quality finish with this issue. Once we are “Good to Go”, then nearly every aspect of this coin, will be fabricated in our studios located outside of Edmonton at our facilities.
March 2024, the Commanding General of the Royal Canadian Air Force LGen Eric Kenny is presented with serial number 1 of the prototype 12 of the RCAF Silver Maple coin by former 4 Wing Commander Col Jim Donihee callsign: MuskOx. In case you are wondering, we are not allowed to show the picture of the Commanding General on our website.
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100 Years of Service
Royal Canadian Air Force
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The Silver Maple
Our Process Work
Here are images of the first prototype Silver Maples we have produced dedicated to the RCAF. We have since changed the dies and finalised the overall design but we thought you all would like to see some images and explanation into our process work. These were struck with dies that were not plated as we were in the process of learning all about what type of material is best for coating dies. What you see here is the prototype Silver Maple coin we struck with dies that have not had the top plated surface applied to it. We had to rush out the first 12 coins and we had to strike these without the top plated surface that is applied to it which results in proof quality surfaces. This coin features 100 tiny maple leaves around the edge outside of the ring of 100 tiny squares, both of which symbolise the 100th anniversary of the formation of the Royal Canadian Air Force. This marks the first successful strike on dies we made, heat treated, sculpted, then laser engraved. The last process still has to be completed, but we are exceptionally proud of this work as it marks the first time we used our completed dies on our brand new calibrated minting system.
The first 12 prototype RCAF Silver Maples. These were struck with an unplated top surface due to time constraints and marks the first time we struck a finished silver coin with our new minting system. Once we are able to have our dies properly plated with a chrome surface, they will yield a flawless surface finish.
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A Small Piece of History
Allowing Canadians to lovingly hold the Arrow.
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During our minting system pipeline testing procedures, we thought it would be interesting to see if we could take metal we have which was provided to us, which originated from the AVRO Arrow program and make a small minting run of only 50 coins. This metal was in exceptionally poor shape and we thought as a way to honour the Arrow, those who built her and those who were going to fly her, we could make these coins available for sale immediately to assist us in generating the funding required for us to continue to purchase more specialised, calibrated and expensive minting tools. Each coin comes in a unique display and those fortunate collectors who purchase one, may have their last name engraved along side their serial number.
We have finished building our new minting system! We are finally able to overhaul our website after a dedicated 5 year and 18000 hour investment of time to build our own minting system.
Welcome back!
We are slowly and methodically going through each of the back orders and processing each one and we aim to ship out all remaining oustanding orders from our amazingly patient collectors ideally before we commence with the Centennial Silver Maples. As you can imagine, this is a massive undertaking for a single individual to embark on, but we are getting there. The heavy lifting is finished, finally! Now we can focus on getting back to work on producing the most stunning coins possible. We have lots to learn as it is an endless process of perpetually refining and enhancing our skillset. We look forward to serving you all here in late 2024 and into 2025 and the years beyond.
Sincerely,
Joseph Green
Beaverworks Mint
It gives us great pleasure to share with you our great news of announcing that the Ontario Numismatist Magazine has published a story about our Avro Arrow world class, 1 Troy Oz. .9999 fine silver coin.
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Sincerely,
Joseph Green
Beaverworks Mint
J.A.D. McCurdy & The Silver Dart
Beaverworks Mint is ABSOLUTELY HONOURED to unveil and announce The Silver Dart coin. This labour of love required over a year in order to bring into reality and sculpted by our Master Senior Sculptor William Woodruff. The Silver Dart was the first aircraft to fly in Canada and the British Empire. Flown by J.A.D. McCurdy, commemorates with the blessing of his family, this monumental moment in Canadian aviation history. McCurdy went on to found the Royal Canadian Air Force and establish an elite level of excellence still found today within the Royal Canadian Air Force. Featuring 1 Troy Oz. of Proof Quality .9999 Fine Silver, Select Gold Plate, The Crown of His Majesty King George VI, Full Colour Printing, Edge Markings, serial numbers and a personally signed Certificate of Authenticity by our Chief Designer Joseph Green. These are magnificent works of fine art and an internationally recognized unit of precious metal. Ships immediately. To order yours, please click or tap the image below.
The Battle of Britain Spitfire (Corrected Version)
This is a general approximation of the corrected Spitfire. This labour of love required over a year in order to bring into reality and sculpted by our Master Senior Sculptor William Woodruff. The corrected Spitfire will feature 3 propeller blades instead of 4 and 6 wing mounted guns instead of 2. Featuring 1 Troy Oz. of Proof Quality .9999 Fine Silver, Select Gold Plate, The Crown of His Majesty King George VI, Full Colour Printing, Edge Markings, serial numbers and a personally signed Certificate of Authenticity by our Chief Designer Joseph Green. These are magnificent works of fine art and an internationally recognized unit of precious metal. Currently in production and will ship later this year. To order yours, please click or tap the image below.
The Battle of Britain Hawker Hurricane
Beaverworks Mint is ABSOLUTELY HONOURED to unveil and announce The Battle of Britain Hawker Hurricane. This labour of love required over a year in order to bring into reality and sculpted by our Master Senior Sculptor William Woodruff. Featuring 1 Troy Oz. of Proof Quality .9999 Fine Silver, Select Gold Plate, The Crown of His Majesty King George VI, Full Colour Printing, Edge Markings, serial numbers and a personally signed Certificate of Authenticity by our Chief Designer Joseph Green. These are magnificent works of fine art and an internationally recognized unit of precious metal. Ships immediately. To order yours, please click or tap the image below.
The Battle of Britain Spitfire Misprint – Only 100 Minted
This coin began as a general tribute to the Spitfire and over time, our Chief Designer, decided to dedicate it to the Battle of Britain. Due to the exhaustion of our Chief Designer Joseph Green, chose the wrong variant of Spitfire for the Battle of Britain. It was only after these were minted, was the discovery of this mistake was brought to his attention and the decision was made to terminate any further production. The dies were decommissioned and no further coins will be minted. As a way to recoup the costs associated with this mistake, each of these misprints sells for $195.00 and comes with Premium Packaging included (A $30.00 value!) These magnificent coins feature the Crest of the RCAF with the Crown of His Majesty King George VI, 1 Troy Oz. of .9999 Proof Quality Fine Silver with Select Gold Plate, Full Colour Printing, Edge Markings, serial numbers, sculpted by our Master Senior Sculptor William Woodruff and a personally signed Certificate of Authenticity by our Chief Designer Joseph Green. These are magnificent works of fine art and an internationally recognized unit of precious metal. Ships immediately. To order yours, please click or tap the image below.
The Avro Arrow – RL-201
Below is our magnificent coin dedicated to the Legendary Avro Arrow. This magnificent bird of prey, designed and built by Canadians for the Royal Canadian Air Force showcases the absolute best qualities in Canadian Aerospace excellence. This was the very first coin designed and produced by Beaverworks and right from the start, our core focus was on producing the absolute finest product possible and as a result, these were the first coins ever minted to feature all of these combinations. We are honoured to be able to offer this very special coin to collectors. Featuring 1 Troy Oz of .9999 Fine Silver, Proof Quality, Select Gold Plate, Full Colour Printing, current crest of the RCAF, edge markings, serial numbers and a personally signed Certificate of Authenticity by our Chief Designer Joseph Green. These are magnificent works of fine art and an internationally recognized unit of precious metal. We are currently in the process of producing more and so they are on back order and will ship later this year. To order yours, please click or tap the image below.
New Premium Packaging!
We are proud to also show off our new premium, high gloss, piano black, wooden packages which feature the crest of the of the Royal Canadian Air Force and its official Tartan in full colour. We are excited to offer these new packages in our premium option. We have waited it seems like forever for these to arrive.
Welcome to the Beaverworks Mint. We are a small, private group that has an agreement with the Royal Canadian Air Force Association under a sub-licensing agreement to reproduce the protected markings of the Royal Canadian Air Force and we are dedicated to producing world class minted, fine silver coins dedicated honouring the history and legacy of the Royal Canadian Air Force. We are one of the few groups in Canada legally authorised to reproduce the protected markings of Royal Canadian Air Force which bears the crown of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. Our vision is to produce The 100 Collection: 100 different coins by 2024 to celebrate 100th anniversary of the formation of the Royal Canadian Air Force. If you are a museum or organisation that would like to carry our coins, please contact us!
We have embarked on producing world class, elite level, fine silver minted coins. We have been patient, methodical and precise in our development to ensure a responsible growth and work tirelessly to establish ourselves as committed to the finest in quality and customer service. As a small Canadian company, our mission is to produce world class minted coins of the highest proof quality of 1 Troy Oz of .9999 Fine Silver, featuring select Gold Plate, edge markings, serial numbering, premium packaging options and individual attention to detail for every single order. We are in this for the long haul and we look forward to establishing a lovely base of amazing collectors.
We would like to extend our deepest thanks to each and everyone who believed is us to bring our first coin issue to fruition. We have spoken with many of collectors and we are deeply honoured for such amazing feedback! We have poured our hearts and souls into our work and we are truly humbled to be so warmly received by so many and we are honoured to have been written about in the Canadian Aviator Magazine! Thank you. 🙂
Canadian Aviator Magazine publishes a story in the March/April 2016 issue about our coins. We are eternally grateful for the support and our thanks to Mr. David Nagy for the interview.Beaverworks Mint proudly donated a complete set of our latest coins to the Equitas Society as a way to help raise funds to assist in wounded Veterans in restoring benefits. For more information, please visit www.EquitasSociety.ca
Our Wax Seal for the members of The 250 Club.
Beaverworks Fine Swiss Made RCAF Watches
We are only interested in producing the high end and below are examples of some of our watches we have produced. Check back over time as we will be adding these to our catalog.
HCol Gerald Haddon poses with two Silver Dart. The grandson of J.A.D. McCurdy, HCol Gerald Haddon holding his copies of the two coins I gave him as my way of thanking him for allowing me the honour and privilege of commemorating his grandpa for being the first man to fly in Canada and the British Empire….J.A.D. McCurdy had Pilot’s license number “1”. Indeed an honour.
Producing the worlds finest takes times, patience and dedicated love. Thank you to our collectors for all your amazing patience and support.
The Mynarski Memorial Lancaster Bomber
Beaverworks Mint is ABSOLUTELY HONOURED to unveil and announce The Mynarski Memorial Lancaster Bomber VeRA…the most famous Lancaster Bomber in the world. This coin is dedicated to Andrew Mynarski V.C., all air and ground crews who flew in or supported the Lancasters. This labour of love required over a year in order to bring into reality and sculpted by our Master Senior Sculptor William Woodruff. Featuring 1 Troy Oz. of Proof Quality .9999 Fine Silver, Select Gold Plate, The Crown of His Majesty King George VI, Full Colour Printing, Edge Markings, serial numbers and a personally signed Certificate of Authenticity by our Chief Designer Joseph Green. These are magnificent works of fine art and an internationally recognized unit of precious metal. Ships immediately. To order yours, please click or tap the image below.
Royal Canadian Air Force Canada 150 Coin will be redesigned.
Beaverworks Mint is proud to announce the RCAF Canada Fine Silver coin! This 1 Troy Oz. .9999 Fine Silver, Proof Quality, Select Gold Plated and serialized edge marked coin is dedicated to Canada and those who serve, who have served, who will serve and to all those who simply love Canada. Featuring 13 RCAF Maple Leaves taken from the older Roundel, one for each province and territory of Canada, the motto of Canada and motto of the Royal Canadian Air Force. This coin is currently in production and will ship later this year. To pre-order your coin, please click the graphic below:
The CF-188 Hornet Fighter
Below is our magnificent coin dedicated to the CF-188 Hornet. This bird of prey, forever scanning Canadian skies, stands on guard for us. Featuring the magnificent photography of Canada’s leading military aviation photographer Kevin W. Moore and sculpted by our Master Senior Sculptor William Woodruff (WW initials on the left side of the Reverse face). We are honoured to be able to offer this very special coin to collectors. Featuring 1 Troy Oz of .9999 Fine Silver, Proof Quality, Select Gold Plate, Full Colour Printing, current crest of the RCAF, edge markings, serial numbers and a personally signed Certificate of Authenticity by our Chief Designer Joseph Green. These are magnificent works of fine art and an internationally recognized unit of precious metal. Ships immediately. To order yours, please click or tap the image below.
We are currently working hard to keep advancing the dream and vision of producing the 100 Collection to meet with the deadline of 2024. As a small Canadian company, we are working tirelessly to keep advancing forward for what we can, how we can and as fast as possible. These labours of love have been produced as a way to ensure that you, our lovely collectors, or if you are thinking about becoming one of our collectors, will have something that you can pass on to loved ones, something that has intrinsic value, sheer beauty and honours the legacy of the history of the Royal Canadian Air Force along with raising funds for the Royal Canadian Air Force Association. If you have any questions or comments, please don’t hesitate to ask. We are working hard to build our reputation, our brand and our legacy for the future. If you have any suggestions on how we can improve, or if you are a museum interested in carrying our coins, please feel free to contact us.
