2 dollars — Canada (2012) — HMS Shannon

Special facts

The 2012 toonie with the British frigate HMS Shannon: on 1 June 1813, off Boston, she boarded the American Chesapeake and brought her into Halifax.

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: 2012

Other items of the period

• 2011
• 25 cent — Peregrine Falcon KM# 1169 Coloured
• 25 cent — Peregrine Falcon KM# 1169 Regular finish
• 25 cent — Orca KM# 1170 Regular finish
• 25 cent — Orca KM# 1170 Coloured
• 1 dollar — Centenary of Parks Canada KM# 1166
• 2 dollars — 100th Anniversary of Parks Canada KM# 1167
• 2012
• 25 cent — Sir Isaac Brock KM# 1322 Coloured
• 25 cent — Sir Isaac Brock KM# 1322 Regular finish
• 25 cent — Tecumseh KM# 1324 Coloured
• 25 cent — Tecumseh KM# 1324 Regular finish
• 2012–2014
• 1 dollar — Lucky Loonie 2012-2014 KM# 1256
• 2012
• 1 dollar — 100th Grey Cup KM# 1294
• 2 dollars — HMS Shannon KM# 1258
• 2013
• 25 cent — Canadian Arctic Expedition KM# 1547
• 25 cent — Laura Secord KM# 1700 Coloured
• 25 cent — Laura Secord KM# 1700 Regular finish
• 25 cent — Life in the North KM# A1547
• 25 cent — Charles de Salaberry Regular finish
• 25 cent — Charles de Salaberry Coloured
• 2014
• 2 dollars — 75th Anniversary of the Second World War: Wait for Me, Daddy KM# 1711
• 2015
• 25 cent — 50th Anniversary of the Canadian Flag KM# 1851 Regular finish
• 25 cent — 50th Anniversary of the Canadian Flag KM# 1851 Coloured
• 25 cent — 100th Anniversary of "In Flanders Fields" Poem KM# 1852 Regular finish
• 25 cent — 100th Anniversary of "In Flanders Fields" Poem KM# 1852 Coloured
• 2 dollars — 100th Anniversary of "In Flanders Fields" Poem KM# 1854

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