2 Dollars - Elizabeth II Polar bear, with security features
Features
| Location |
Canada
 |
|---|---|
| Issuing entity | Royal Canadian Mint |
| Queen |
Elizabeth II (1952-2022)
|
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
| Years | 2012-2022 |
| 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 | 6.92 g |
| Diameter | 28 mm |
| Thickness | 1.75 mm |
| Shape | Round |
| Technique | Milled |
| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
| Number | N# 32192 |
| References |
KM# 1257,  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.  Gerhard Schön; 2022. Weltmünzkatalog / 20. Jahrhundert: 1901-2000 (47. Auflage). Battenberg Gietl Verlag, Regenstauf, Germany. And 2 more volumes. |
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
2012
Unabridged legend: ELIZABETH II DEI GRATIA REGINA
Translation: Elizabeth II Queen by the grace of God
Engraver: Susan Taylor
Susan Taylor is a Canadian sculptor who serves as Senior Engraver for the Royal Canadian Mint (RCM). Rewarded by multiple prizes, she is vice-delegate of the International Art Medal Federation and was president of the Medallic Art Society of Canada.
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
Polar bear on ice flow, facing right.
Script: Latin
Lettering:
BT
CANADA 2 DOLLARS
Designer: Brent Townsend
Edge
Segmented reeding and incuse lettering
Position A - Edge lettering with Obverse on top
Position B - Edge lettering with Reverse on top
Lettering: CANADA 2 DOLLARS
© nalaberong
Mint
Royal Canadian Mint, Winnipeg, CanadaComments
The Royal Canadian Mint's 2017 annual report stated a mintage of 24,465,000 for regular circulating 2017 coins, even though the circulating coins for that year only bore the Canada 150 commemorative design (which has a different mintage listed). However, starting in 2017, the annual report omitted the 'Coins struck dated 2017' table, meaning the 24,465,000 coins were probably dated either 2016 or 2018, even though they were struck in 2017.
In 2012 2 dollar piece started to be struck with security marks. They are the maple leaves in the circles on the reverse.
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| Date | Mintage | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | Frequency | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Undetermined | |||||||||||||
| 2012 | 82 862 000 | $ 1.50 | $ 1.60 | $ 1.80 | $ 1.80 | $ 1.90 | $ 2.80 | 60% | |||||
| 2013 | 12 390 000 | $ 1.50 | $ 1.50 | $ 1.50 | $ 2.20 | $ 2.90 | 20% | ||||||
| 2014 | 16 305 000 | $ 1.40 | $ 1.40 | $ 1.50 | $ 2.20 | $ 2.60 | 17% | ||||||
| 2015 | 30 378 500 | $ 1.50 | $ 1.50 | $ 1.50 | $ 2.10 | $ 3.60 | 20% | ||||||
| 2016 | 20 669 000 | $ 1.40 | $ 1.50 | $ 1.50 | $ 1.50 | $ 1.50 | $ 3.00 | 25% | |||||
| 2017 | 75 000 | $ 3.40 | 6% | Exists with A and B positions; non-circulation issue, in set only | |||||||||
| 2017 | 250 000 | $ 3.60 | 2% | Exists with A and B positions; non-circulation issue, special wrap roll | |||||||||
| 2018 | 23 730 000 | $ 1.50 | $ 1.50 | $ 1.60 | $ 3.10 | 15% | |||||||
| 2019 | 22 995 000 | $ 1.50 | $ 1.80 | $ 1.80 | $ 3.30 | 10% | |||||||
| 2019 | 30 000 | 1.3% | Non-circulation issue, in set only | ||||||||||
| 2020 | 11 235 000 | $ 1.50 | $ 1.50 | $ 1.50 | $ 2.90 | 9% | |||||||
| 2021 | 32 445 000 | $ 1.50 | $ 1.60 | $ 2.90 | 9% | ||||||||
| 2022 | $ 3.20 | $ 3.20 | 6% | ||||||||||
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