The countdown is on for the 2015 Women’s World cup, with just 80 days remaining until the big event.

The best women soccer players in the world will be competing at six Canadian venues, including Moncton Stadium.

To honour Canada’s role as host country, the Royal Canadian Mint unveiled six commemorative silver coins Wednesday.

The mint gets hundreds of requests for special coins, but says the honour is reserved for extra special occasions.

“Obviously the more historic dates, 50th, 100th anniversaries and very historic moments in the country such as, for example, hosting for the first time the Women's World Cup Fifa event in 2015,” says Kirk MacRae of the Royal Canadian Mint.

The national team roster won't be finalized until the end of April. Hopefuls Josee Belanger from Quebec and Nkem Ezurike from Lower Sackville, N.S. attended the unveiling, their final appearance before the World Cup kicks off in June.

“I think it's amazing, the coins are amazing. It's just another thing to bring the country together. Everyone can get a hold of this and just kind of get behind the world cup,” says Ezurike. “This actually helps us, just to get our minds off the on-field stuff a little bit.”

Younes Bouida of Soccer N.B. first met Ezurike at the national training centre in Halifax when she was 15 and says the young soccer player’s potential was obvious.

“She was already an amazing, outstanding player. Very good striker, a lot of speed and strength and really a lot of mental toughness. It's really great to see her now with the national team,” says Bouida.

The presence of the national team members is important not just for the launch of the commemorative coins, but to also to help inspire young Maritime soccer players.

“To see a girl from Atlantic Canada make it to the highest stages of the World Cup is really great because you can see that it's possible. It gives us hope and gives us also a lot of motivation to produce many more because we know it's achievable,” says Bouida.

The team members have a couple weeks off before resuming their training for the World Cup, which kicks off June 6.

With files from CTV Atlantic's Jonathan MacInnis