Canada. The Royal Canadian Legion Marks Centenary Anniversary with Gold and Silver Proof Coins

This year’s eagerly sought-after silver dollar remembers one hundred years after the incorporation of the country’s largest veteran support and community service organisation, The Royal Canadian Legion. During the Centenary anniversary in 2026, Canada honours an organisation born from the sacrifices of Canada’s earlier Veterans who answered the call in the First World War and paved the way for generations of service to come. Officially incorporated by a special Act of Parliament in 1926, the Legion’s century-long mission of supporting Veterans, including serving military, and RCMP members and their families, promoting Remembrance Day and serving Canada and its communities is celebrated.

100 Dollars Gold. Canadian artist Laurie McGaw has conceived a split image reverse design that illustrates the Legion’s past, present and future. The right half of the coin features two present-day members in Legion dress, facing a collage of First World War symbols consisting of a Canadian infantryman, an S.E.5a fighter aircraft, and the distant silhouette of HMCS Niobe, a battle cruiser from the recently formed Naval Service of Canada. These elements represent Canada’s contribution to the Allied effort and the First World War sacrifices that gave rise to The Royal Canadian Legion. Poppies above and below, overlapping both scenes, symbolize the enduring cycle of Remembrance. Above the primary design is the text CANADA superimposed over the design of a banner.

1 Dollar Silver. The reverse was designed by Canadian artist Steve Hepburn and features two Legion members standing in Remembrance, before a maple leaf from the Legion’s official crest. Beneath this scene appears an arrangement of 14 poppies, one for each Canadian province and territory, and one for the Legion’s international branches, as well as a forget-me-not flower, symbolising Remembrance in Newfoundland and Labrador. This floral feature is overlaid with a banner bearing the dates 1926 and 2026 along with three poppies from the Legion’s official crest at its centre. Along the left rim above the primary design is the inscription THE ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION and along the right side, LA LEGION ROYALE CANADIENNE.

The 2026 silver dollar included in the Fine Silver Proof Set contains a selectively rose gold-plated version with elements of the design highlighted with the plating as well as the effigy of HM King Charles III. The obverses of all three coins feature the effigy of His Majesty King Charles III by Canadian artist Steven Rosati. The silver dollar includes the denomination DOLLAR placed under the King’s likeness.

Available from the 13th January, the proof set contains each currently circulating coin from 5 cents to 2 dollars including the pure silver commemorative dollar which are all encased in a sealed lucite frame presented in a book-style format bound in genuine leather. The single dollar coin is encapsulated and presented in a custom case accompanied with a certificate of authenticity. The selectively plated rose-gold proof dollar is only available as part of the proof set. For additional information, please visit the e-webshop of the Royal Canadian Mint.