Mint-Flavored Maple Leaf

Established in 1908, the Royal Canadian Mint is the for-profit corporation responsible for the minting and distribution of Canada’s circulation and collector coins. At the beginning of June — with all of its press release attention going to a special collector coin designed by comedian Martin Short — it announced its new logo through a tweet. Design credit not given. Logo detail. Facebook cover photo. Unfortunately there is no information or any further images — media requests were not answered (surprise, surprise) — but I felt there was enough here for an interesting discussion. The old logo was a little odd; clearly a combination of “M” for mint and the ubiquitous maple leaf of Canadian logos, but it was unclear whether the leaf was sitting on an