2 dollars — Canada (1999) — Creation of Nunavut Territory

Special facts

A silver toonie of 1999 with the Inuit drummer and a gold-plated centre, a proof for the creation of Nunavut.

About the period

The coins of Elizabeth II were struck from 1953 to 2022, almost seventy years in which four portraits of the queen succeeded one another: by Mary Gillick (1953–1964), Arnold Machin (1965–1989), Dora de Pédery-Hunt (1990–2003), the first portrait by a Canadian sculptor, and Susanna Blunt (from 2003). More about the period “Elizabeth II”, 1952 — 2022

Coins and banknotes of this year: 1999

Other items of the period

• 1999
• 50 cent — Canadian Sports: 1904 Open Golf Championship KM# 333
• 50 cent — First International Yacht Race KM# 334
• 50 cent — Cymric KM# 335
• 50 cent — Tonkinese KM# 336
• 50 cent — Cougar KM# 337
• 50 cent — Lynx KM# 338
• 50 cent — Canadian Sports: Invention of Basketball KM# 371
• 50 cent — Canadian Sports: Grey Cup KM# 372
• 1 dollar — International Year of Older Persons KM# 355
• 1 dollar — Juan Perez Expedition KM# 356
• 1 dollar — 20th anniversary of the Gold Maple Leaf KM# 365
• 1 dollar — Platinum Maple Leaf
• 2 dollars — Creation of Nunavut Territory KM# 357
• 2 dollars — Gold, White gold and silver KM# 357
• 5 dollars — Millennium: 3rd Portrait double date KM# 363 Privy mark; 3rd portrait
• 5 dollars — 20th anniversary of the Gold Maple Leaf KM# 366
• 5 dollars — Viking Settlement KM# 398
• 5 dollars — 20 Years Privy
• 10 dollars — 20th anniversary of the Gold Maple Leaf KM# 367
• 15 dollars — Year of the Rabbit KM# 331
• 20 dollars — DHC-6 Twin Otter KM# 339
• 20 dollars — DHC-8 Dash 8 KM# 340
• 20 dollars — 20th anniversary of the Gold Maple Leaf KM# 368
• 30 dollars — Canada's endangered species: Muskox KM# 359
• 50 dollars — 20th anniversary of the Gold Maple Leaf KM# 369

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