3 dollars — Canada (2011) — Black-footed Ferret

Special facts

A black-footed ferret on the gilded 3 dollars of 2011; the animal was returned to the Saskatchewan prairie in 2009.

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: 2011

Other items of the period

• 2011
• 3 dollars — January - Garnet KM# 1117
• 3 dollars — February - Amethyst KM# 1118
• 3 dollars — March - Aquamarine KM# 1119
• 3 dollars — April - Diamond KM# 1120
• 3 dollars — May - Emerald KM# 1121
• 3 dollars — June - Alexandrite KM# 1122
• 3 dollars — July - Ruby KM# 1123
• 3 dollars — August - Peridot KM# 1124
• 3 dollars — September - Sapphire KM# 1125
• 3 dollars — October - Tourmaline KM# 1126
• 3 dollars — November - Topaz KM# 1127
• 3 dollars — December - Zircon KM# 1128
• 3 dollars — Black-footed Ferret KM# 1151
• 4 dollars — Welcome to the World KM# 1129
• 5 dollars — Timber Wolf KM# 1052
• 5 dollars — Grizzly Bear KM# 1109
• 5 dollars — Buck Moon KM# 1130
• 5 dollars — Hunter KM# 1131
• 5 dollars — 100th anniversary of the Royal Canadian Mint Refinery KM# 1139
• 5 dollars — 75th Anniversary of the First Mobile Blood Transfusion Vehicle KM# 1149 1/10 oz - Norman Bethune
• 10 dollars — 100th anniversary of the Royal Canadian Mint Refinery KM# 1140
• 10 dollars — Maple Leaf Forever KM# 1158 ½ oz.
• 10 dollars — Lost Canadian soldiers returning home: Highway of Heroes KM# 1198
• 10 dollars — Winter Scene - Skating KM# 1199
• 10 dollars — Winter Town KM# 1200

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