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2 Dollars - Elizabeth II Ours polaire
| Issuer | Royal Canadian Mint |
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| Year | 2019 |
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| Reference(s) | RCM/MRC#163887 |
| Obverse description | The obverse bears the right-facing effigy of Queen Elizabeth II, uncrowned, as rendered by engraver Susan Taylor, depicting Her Majesty at the age of 77. The portrait shows the Queen wearing a necklace and earrings, in a refined and dignified style. The legend ELIZABETH II arcs along the upper field, with the date 2019 and the abbreviated title D·G·REGINA positioned in the surrounding inscription. The effigy is presented in a contemporary, unadorned manner consistent with the Royal Canadian Mint's later coinage standards. |
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| Mintage | 2019 - Proof - 1,250 |
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Canada's two-dollar denomination — the "toonie" — has circulated as a bimetallic base-metal coin since 1996, making a 157-gram fine silver version an entirely commemorative proposition with no pretense of monetary function. The Royal Canadian Mint has worked this format extensively since the early 2000s, producing oversized kilo and near-kilo pieces aimed squarely at the collector market rather than any issuing authority obligation.
The polar bear subject has appeared on the circulating toonie since its inception, chosen in part to distinguish Canada's two-dollar coin from its one-dollar loon counterpart through an equally distinctive Arctic reference.