Along with being a master's student of law at Montreal's McGill University, Avery Campbell is an expert at collecting rewards points through something called "manufactured spending." One of the offerings in the Royal Canadian Mint's Face Value program was this $50 coin. The Royal Canadian Mint's Face Value coins came in denominations of $20, $25, $50, $100 and $200. The U.S. Mint ended its Presidential coin program in 2011, the same year the Royal Canadian Mint launched its Face Value program. As well, mintages for face value coins were generally limited to a range of a few hundred thousand coins per issue.

Source: CBC News November 15, 2017 09:56 UTC