8 dollars — Canada (2021) — Chinese new year: Triumphant Dragon

Special facts

Albert Ng’s triumphant dragon on a twentieth of an ounce of gold, 8,888 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: 2021

Other items of the period

• 2021
• 2 dollars — 25th Anniversary of the $2 circulation coin: Churchill KM# 3103
• 2 dollars — Great-Horned Owl KM# 3105
• 3 dollars — Prince Edward Island: Lady's Slipper KM# 2933
• 3 dollars — Nunavut: Purple Saxifrage KM# 2934
• 3 dollars — Saskatchewan: Western Lily KM# 2936
• 3 dollars — Alberta: Wild Rose KM# 2939
• 3 dollars — NorthWest Territories: Mountain Avens KM# 2940
• 3 dollars — Yukon: Fireweed
• 5 dollars — Our Beloved Maple KM# 3106
• 5 dollars — Moments to Hold: Arms of Canada KM# 3107
• 5 dollars — Canada's National Colors KM# 3108
• 5 dollars — Canadian Forces Snowbirds KM# 3109
• 8 dollars — Chinese new year: Triumphant Dragon KM# 3112
• 10 dollars — Werewolf Charlton# RC-9999
• 10 dollars — Goshawk KM# 3114
• 10 dollars — Great-Horned Owl KM# 3115
• 15 dollars — Year of the Ox KM# 3117
• 15 dollars — Year of the Ox KM# 3118
• 20 dollars — Black Loyalists KM# 3119
• 20 dollars — Queen Elizabeth II Equestrian Monument KM# 3120
• 20 dollars — Inuit Nunangat KM# 3121
• 20 dollars — Blue Jay KM# 3122
• 20 dollars — Poppy’s 100th year: Wreath of Remembrance KM# 3123
• 20 dollars — Lover's Knot Tiara KM# 3124
• 20 dollars — Dancing Diamond KM# 3125

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