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2 Dollars ‐ Charles III Celebrating Inuit Nunangat
| Issuer | Royal Canadian Mint |
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| Year | 2024 |
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| Composition | Bimetallic: brass plated aluminium bronze centre in nickel plated steel ring |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | The brass-plated centre features Nuliajuk (ᓄᓕᐊᔪᒃ), the Inuit spirit of the sea, rendered as a central unifying motif and surrounded by sea creatures integral to Inuit subsistence — a walrus, a narwhal, two beluga whales, a seal, and an Arctic char — reflecting the collaborative designs of four Inuit artists representing the four treaty areas of Inuit Nunangat (ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᓄᓇᖓᑦ): Tegan Voisey (Nunatsiavut), Thomassie Mangiok (Nunavik), Charlotte Karetak (Nunavut), and Mary Okheena (Inuvialuit Settlement Region). The outer nickel-plated steel ring features four regionally distinct ulu (ᐅᓗ) designs, one contributed by each artist, interspersed with decorative patterns drawn from Inuit tattooing and clothing traditions flanking two security features at the base. The legend 'INUIT NUNANGAT' is inscribed on the lower portion of the outer ring, affirming the cultural and geographic significance of the Inuit homeland. |
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Inuit Nunangat — the Inuit homeland encompassing roughly 35% of Canada's landmass and 50% of its coastline — gained formal recognition in Canadian policy through the 2019 Inuit Nunangat Policy, making this issue part of a broader federal effort to acknowledge Inuit jurisdiction and identity through official channels, including coinage. The Royal Canadian Mint has increasingly used the toonie format for Indigenous recognition issues since the early 2000s, though this is among the first to name Inuit Nunangat explicitly on a circulating-format coin.