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2 Dollars - Elizabeth II The Toonie
| Issuer | Royal Canadian Mint |
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| Year | 2015 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Obverse description | The obverse bears the gilt effigy of Queen Elizabeth II in right-facing profile, engraved by Susanna Blunt and identifiable by the initials 'SB' incused below the truncation. The Queen is depicted wearing a pearl necklace and her hair arranged in a characteristic upswept coiffure. The effigy is set within a raised circular border that divides the coin into a gilt central zone and a frosted silver outer field, replicating the bimetallic appearance of the circulating Toonie. The circumferential legend reads 'ELIZABETH II' to the left and 'D·G·REGINA' to the right, with the date '2015' appearing in the lower field below the portrait. |
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| Edge | Serrated |
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Canada's circulating two-dollar bimetallic coin — the "toonie" — was introduced in 1996 partly to eliminate the short-lived two-dollar banknote, which the Bank of Canada had determined cost significantly more per transaction-year than a coin equivalent. This .9999 fine silver version is a collector restrike of that coin at dramatically inflated specifications, a format the Royal Canadian Mint has used extensively since the 2000s to monetize collector interest in everyday coinage.