2 Dollars - Elizabeth II The Battle of Vimy Ridge

Features

Location	Canada
Issuing entity	Royal Canadian Mint
Queen	Elizabeth II (1952-2022)
Type	Circulating commemorative coin
Year	2017
Value	2 Dollars 2 CAD = USD 1.47
Currency	Canadian dollar (1858-date)
Composition	Bimetallic: brass plated aluminium-bronze centre in nickel plated steel ring
Weight	6.99 g
Diameter	28 mm
Shape	Round
Technique	Milled
Orientation	Medal alignment ↑↑
Number	N# 126055
References	RCM/MRC# 165436, Monnaie Royale Canadienne (https://www.mint.ca/) KM# 2325, Tracy L. Schmidt (editor); 2019. Standard Catalog of World Coins / 2001-Date (14th edition). Krause Publications, Stevens Point, Wisconsin, United States. And 5 more volumes. RCM/MRC# 158852 Monnaie Royale Canadienne (https://www.mint.ca/)

Commemorative issue

100th Anniversary of The Battle of Vimy Ridge

Obverse

Head of Queen Elizabeth II, as at 77 years of age, bare headed, wearing necklace and earrings, facing right.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
ELIZABETH II D·G·REGINA
SB
CANADA 2 DOLLARS

Unabridged legend: ELIZABETH II DEI GRATIA REGINA

Translation: Elizabeth II Queen by the grace of God

Engraver: Susan Taylor

Designer: Susanna Blunt

Susanna Blunt is a Canadian portrait artist who designed the most recent portrait of Queen Elizabeth II on the current Canadian coinage, which began in 2003. She was born in Harbin, China, the daughter of an English banker. Blunt started her studies at the Banff School of Fine Arts as a young teenager.

Reverse

Canadian National Vimy Memorial in Vimy, France, flanked by a First World War soldier on the left and a veteran soldier on the right.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
VIMY
TB
REMEMBER 2017 SOUVENIR

Designer: Tony Bianco

Edge

Interrupted Serrations
Position A - Edge lettering reads normally when Obverse on top
Position B - Edge lettering reads normally when Reverse on top

Lettering: CANADA 2 DOLLARS

Mint

Comments

10,000 Special Wrap Roll  @$79.95 + tax (25-coin per roll)



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See also

• Building
• War

• 2 Dollars - Elizabeth II (Wait for Me, Daddy)
• 2 Dollars - Elizabeth II (Remembrance)
• 2 Dollars - Elizabeth II (Battle of The Atlantic)
• 2 Dollars - Elizabeth II (Armistice; colored)
• 2 Dollars - Elizabeth II (Armistice; non-colored)
• 2 Dollars - Elizabeth II (D-Day; colored)
• 2 Dollars - Elizabeth II (D-Day; non-colored)
• 2 Dollars - Elizabeth II (Victory; colored)
• 2 Dollars - Elizabeth II (Victory; non-colored)
• 3 Dollars - Elizabeth II (The Battle of Vimy Ridge)

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