Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
2 Dollars - Yellowknife, North-West Territories
| Location | Canada |
|---|---|
| Year | 1998 |
| Type | Log in to see details |
| Composition | Bronze plated steel (aureate steel) |
| Weight | Log in to see details |
| Diameter | Log in to see details |
| Thickness | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Log in to see details |
| Technique | Log in to see details |
| Orientation | Log in to see details |
| Edge | Log in to see details |
| Period | Log in to see details |
| Notice | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | Log in to see details |
| Obverse description | Central device depicts the HMCS Yellowknife (pennant 706) in relief, with the ship's crest above — a crowned circular badge bearing a bird of prey in the field. The legend around the beaded border reads YELLOWKNIFE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE with the $2 denomination at each side, and HMCS YELLOWKNIFE / COMMISSIONED APRIL 18, 1998 inscribed across the upper field, with YELLOWKNIFE, N.W.T. in the lower legend. |
|---|---|
| Obverse script | Log in to see details |
| Obverse lettering | $2 - YELLOWKNIFE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE - $2 HMCS YELLOWKNIFE COMMISSIONED APRIL 18, 1998 YELLOWKNIFE, N.W.T. |
| Reverse description | The central field features a composite scene of Yellowknife landmarks and icons: the historic Wildcat Cafe log cabin, a mine headframe, a bush floatplane in flight at upper left, a dogsled team with musher at lower left, and a wolf standing at lower right. The legend YELLOWKNIFE, NORTHWEST TERRITORIES arcs along the upper border within a beaded rim, while the script inscription Good for two dollars in trade in Yellowknife appears in the lower field, with EXPIRES SEPT 7, 1998 below. |
| Reverse script | Log in to see details |
| Reverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Mint | Log in to see details |
| Mintage | Log in to see details |
| Comments | Log in to see details |