IYOP Commemorative Coins and Stamps
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In Canada, the Division of Aging and Seniors of Health Canada played a lead role, along with similar offices established in every provincial jurisdiction. There were concerted efforts on the part of many seniors organizations, for whom the year provided a tremendous focal point around which to advance their concerns and aspirations. As a way to commemorate the event, Canada produced a commemorative coin and stamp. Both were designed by Shelagh Armstrong.
| Year | Manufacturer | Theme | Artist | Mintage | Issue Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Royal Canadian Mint | International Year of Older Persons | S. Armstrong-Hodgins | 24,976 | $49.95 |
| Date of Issue | Manufacturer | Theme | Artist | Denomination | Printer | Quantity | Perforation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 April 1999 | Canada Post | Canada's International Year of Older Persons | S. Armstrong-Hodgins | 46 cents | Canadian Bank Note Company, Limited | 8,000,000 | 13.5 |
In 1999, the Royal Australian Mint issued a commemorative one dollar coin celebrating the IYOP.
Read more about this topic: International Year Of Older Persons
Famous quotes containing the words coins and/or stamps:
“No Time, spoke the clocks, no God, rang the bells,
I drew the white sheet over the islands
And the coins on my eyelids sang like shells.”
—Dylan Thomas (1914–1953)
“Even in harmonious families there is this double life: the group life, which is the one we can observe in our neighbour’s household, and, underneath, another—secret and passionate and intense—which is the real life that stamps the faces and gives character to the voices of our friends. Always in his mind each member of these social units is escaping, running away, trying to break the net which circumstances and his own affections have woven about him.”
—Willa Cather (1873–1947)