At the 1975 Royal Canadian Numismatic Association Annual Convention, he announced the launching of two Olympic gold coins.
He officially opened a new RCM facility capable of producing 700 million coins per year per worker shift in Winnipeg in April.
Gariepy announced that an annual award would be bestowed to the Canadian deemed to have contributed the most to numismatic education in Canada.
[5] Gariepy wanted to produce a purer product, based on the knowledge that the RCM's refinery was considered the best in the world for quality.
[6] The new Proof Set was introduced in March 1981 with an issue price of $36.00 and all the coins had a frosted relief against a mirror background.