I still have my original licence which is a tan canvas stiff cover with a red cord thru to keep the pages in, rather classy, but then passports were in a stiff blue cover then, they were classy too.
My Canadian licence was, physically a bit of a disappointment, just a 4" x 6" piece of rather thing paper, If I put it in my wallet it'll disintegrate in a month so I keep it folded in the old cover.