2 dollars — Canada (1996) — 3rd portrait; Gold center

Special facts

A collector two-dollar coin of 1996 with a gold centre, struck in the year the toonie appeared; 5,000 struck.

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: 1996

Other items of the period

• 1995
• 150 dollars — Canada's endangered species: Lynx KM# 268
• 200 dollars — Sugar Bush KM# 265
• 300 dollars — Lynx KM# 269
• 1996–2003
• 5 cent KM# 182a 3rd portrait; Silver
• 10 cent KM# 183a 3rd portrait; 3rd Portrait; Silver
• 25 cent KM# 184a 3rd portrait; Silver
• 1996
• 50 cent KM# 185a 3rd portrait; Silver
• 50 cent — Moose Calf KM# 283
• 50 cent — Wood Ducklings KM# 284
• 50 cent — Cougar Kittens KM# 285
• 50 cent — Black Bear Cubs KM# 286
• 1 dollar — 200th Anniversary of the McIntosh Apple KM# 274
• 2 dollars — 3rd portrait; Gold center KM# 270a Gold center; 3rd portrait
• 1996–2003
• 2 dollars — 3rd portrait; Maple leaf logo KM# 270c 3rd portrait
• 1996
• 20 dollars — CF-100 Canuck KM# 276
• 20 dollars — CF-105 Avro Arrow KM# 277
• 30 dollars — Canada's endangered species: Peregrine Falcon KM# 278
• 75 dollars — Canada's endangered species: Peregrine Falcon KM# 279
• 100 dollars — Klondike Gold Rush Centennial KM# 273
• 150 dollars — Canada's endangered species: Peregrine Falcon KM# 280
• 200 dollars — Transcontinental Landscape KM# 275
• 300 dollars — Canada's endangered species: Peregrine Falcon KM# 281
• 1997–2003
• 1 cent — 3rd portrait; bronze Charlton# RC-204 3rd portrait
• 1997
• 10 cent — The 500th Anniversary of Caboto's First Transatlantic Voyage KM# 299
• 1997–2003
• 50 cent KM# 290a 3rd portrait; Silver

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