🪙 Shiny Secrets of the Royal Canadian Mint! 💎✨

Canada has TWO mints! One in Winnipeg for daily coins 💷, and the Royal Canadian Mint HQ in Ottawa for the good stuff: commemorative coins, gold/silver bars, and medals! 🥇🏅 🏛️ Tour Time! 45-minute guided tours: 👤 Adults (18+): 12👧Kids(5−17):8 👵 Seniors (65+): 10👶Babies(4−):FREE👨👩👧👦Family(2adults+2kids):30 total! The tour reveals how coins are made, gold is refined, and if you’re lucky—a peek at the production floor! 👀🔧 Book ahead! 📅 But if slots are full, hit the gift shop (p2) for sparkly souvenirs! 🛍️ My Picks: 1️⃣ Miner’s Assay Bottle: 24kt gold hammered paper-thin—floats magically! 🏺🔮 2️⃣ Fridge Magnet Aliens: Giant 1 &2 coins! 👽💸 3️⃣ King Charles III Coin Set: Fresh and regal! 👑🪙 🌍 Gold History 101: 4000 years ago: Egyptians mined gold for temples and armies. 🏛️⚔️ King Tut’s coffin? 224 lbs of pure gold! 😱🏺 1848: California Gold Rush! 💰🏃♂️ $370 million mined by 1857. 1850: Idaho’s gold fever! 🌄🔍 Boise Basin’s finds funded the Civil War! 💸🇺🇸 Today: 60% of gold from South Africa! 🌍💍 Most goes to jewelry and… dentists. 🦷💎 #OttawaFun #MintMagic #GoldRush2025 🌿🪙