The olympics are a popular theme in Canadian gold proof coins.

1 2008 Canadian Olympic Maple Leaf 1 oz $ 50 Gold Coin US $1,150.00 (8 Bids) End Date: Wednesday Mar-10-2010 13:38:34 PST Add to watch list

2010 SPECIAL EDITION SILVER/GOLD 3 COIN OLYMPIC BOX SET US $284.23 (7 Bids) End Date: Wednesday Mar-10-2010 17:35:06 PST Add to watch list

2010 SPECIAL EDITION SILVER/GOLD 3 COIN OLYMPIC BOX SET US $321.18 End Date: Wednesday Mar-10-2010 18:58:21 PST Add to watch list

2010 Olympic $200 Gold Coin-First Canadian Olympic Gold US $972.45 (1 Bid) End Date: Thursday Mar-11-2010 16:35:05 PST Add to watch list

2010 CANADA $200 GOLD COIN FIRST OLYMPIC 22 KARAT GOLD US $1,169.95 (0 Bid) End Date: Thursday Mar-11-2010 19:32:40 PST Add to watch list

1976 Montreal Canada Olympic Gold Coins (two) $100 each US $531.11 (4 Bids) End Date: Thursday Mar-11-2010 22:05:32 PST Add to watch list

1976 Canadian Olympic $100 Gold Coin US $265.62 (3 Bids) End Date: Friday Mar-12-2010 8:27:29 PST Add to watch list

1976 GOLD $100 "OLYMPIC" CANADA = SCARCE - 1/4 OZ = US $261.00 (10 Bids) End Date: Friday Mar-12-2010 14:48:23 PST Add to watch list

2010 SPECIAL EDITION SILVER/GOLD 3 COIN OLYMPIC BOX SET US $201.94 (15 Bids) End Date: Friday Mar-12-2010 18:50:39 PST Add to watch list

2009 Gold Maple 9999 Coin 1 oz Olympic Games Vancouver US $1,036.01 (9 Bids) End Date: Friday Mar-12-2010 20:30:55 PST Add to watch list

2010 SPECIAL EDITION SILVER/GOLD 3 COIN OLYMPIC BOX SET US $194.64 (7 Bids) End Date: Saturday Mar-13-2010 18:40:50 PST Add to watch list

2010 SPECIAL EDITION SILVER/GOLD 3 COIN OLYMPIC BOX SET US $321.18 End Date: Saturday Mar-13-2010 19:20:14 PST Add to watch list

CANADA $100 DOLLARS GOLD COIN, MONTREAL OLYMPICS 1976 US $399.00 End Date: Saturday Mar-13-2010 19:43:11 PST Add to watch list

1976 Canadian Olympic Gold $100 Collector Coin US $299.00 (0 Bid) End Date: Sunday Mar-14-2010 8:11:43 PDT Add to watch list

ANACS MS65 CANADA $100 GOLD 1976 OLYMPIC COIN $1 S/NR US $147.50 (9 Bids) End Date: Sunday Mar-14-2010 10:48:06 PDT Add to watch list

CANADA 1976 OLYMPICS $100 GOLD COIN .25 OZ AGW BULLION US $177.50 (14 Bids) End Date: Sunday Mar-14-2010 12:56:13 PDT Add to watch list

Vancouver 2009 Olympic Gold Maple 1oz coin .9999 US $1,310.00 End Date: Sunday Mar-14-2010 14:40:14 PDT Add to watch list

2010 SPECIAL EDITION SILVER/GOLD 3 COIN OLYMPIC BOX SET US $202.45 (6 Bids) End Date: Sunday Mar-14-2010 19:30:47 PDT Add to watch list

2010 GOLD $200 CANADA'S 1st OLYMPIC GOLD ON HOME SOIL US $551.93 (11 Bids) End Date: Sunday Mar-14-2010 19:45:40 PDT Add to watch list

2010 SPECIAL EDITION SILVER/GOLD 3 COIN OLYMPIC BOX SET US $197.07 (4 Bids) End Date: Sunday Mar-14-2010 20:20:57 PDT Add to watch list

2010 S.E. OLYMPIC SILVER/GOLD PLATED COIN SET "SOLD OUT US $148.45 (8 Bids) End Date: Sunday Mar-14-2010 20:45:47 PDT Add to watch list

CANADA MONTREAL OLYMPIC $100 COIN 1/2 OZ CASED PROOF US $789.99 End Date: Monday Mar-15-2010 7:54:52 PDT Add to watch list

2010 CANADA $200 GOLD COIN FIRST OLYMPIC 22 KARAT GOLD! US $1,169.95 (0 Bid) End Date: Monday Mar-15-2010 19:43:44 PDT Add to watch list

CANADA SILVER COIN SET 1988 CALGARY WINTER OLYMPICS UNC US $299.00 End Date: Saturday Mar-20-2010 7:32:28 PDT Add to watch list

CANADA $100 DOLLARS GOLD COIN, MONTREAL OLYMPICS 1976 US $399.00 End Date: Tuesday Mar-23-2010 11:44:11 PDT Add to watch list

2008 INUKSHUK $75 GOLD COIN VANCOUVER 2010 OLYMPICS!!! US $500.00 End Date: Sunday Apr-04-2010 13:32:40 PDT Add to watch list

2009 Canadian Gold Kilo Olympic $2500 Coin SUPER RARE US $57,500.00 End Date: Monday Apr-05-2010 11:06:03 PDT Add to watch list

The Olympic Games take place every four years due to which the country that has the rights of hosting this spectacular event usually prints some type of commemorative coin. These coins that are usually made entirely of gold are termed ‘Olympic Coins’. Canada has been one of the leading countries of designing such Olympic coins. Although, the summer Olympics has only been held once in Canada, most numismatists agree that this was the event that led the Royal Canadian Mint to print the Olympic five and ten dollar coins in commemoration of these 1976 Olympic Games.

The Royal city of Vancouver has been awarded the rights to hold the 2010 winter Olympics and for this reason, the Royal Canadian Mint officially released the first coins dedicated to commemorative this prestigious event on 20th February 2008. This coin was an Olympic 25-cent coin that depicted a man snowboarding in front of the Maple Leaf. There were also one-ounce Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympic Games Gold Maple Leaf coins which were released, that contained 99.99% pure Gold bore a $50 face value. These 99.99% pure Vancouver 2010 Winter Games Gold Maple Leaf coins will become the first bullion gold coins manufactured to commemorate the Olympic Games. The 2009 issue of this Olympic Maple Leaf Gold coin is the second out of a three year series that started in 2008 and will continue until 2010, just before the Winter Olympics start. Some of these coins feature the inscription ‘Vancouver 2010’ along with an imprint of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. Other coins bear a new interpretation of “inukshuk,” a stone sculpture which is a direct reference to the Inuit people in the northern Canadian plains of ice and snow.

Although, The Royal Canadian Mint has allowed the release of these coins, it is not the first time they have been authorized to do so. To commemorate the centennial anniversary of the Olympic Games, The International Olympic Committee allowed for the issuing of a set of coins minted by Australia, Austria, France, Greece and Canada. The first set of three of these gold coins were minted by the Royal Canadian Mint in 1992.