2 Dollars - Elizabeth II Nunavut

Features

Location	Canada
Issuing entity	Royal Canadian Mint
Queen	Elizabeth II (1952-2022)
Type	Circulating commemorative coin
Year	1999
Value	2 Dollars 2 CAD = USD 1.46
Currency	Canadian dollar (1858-date)
Composition	Bimetallic: aluminium bronze center in nickel ring
Weight	7.3 g
Diameter	28 mm
Thickness	1.8 mm
Shape	Round
Technique	Milled
Orientation	Medal alignment ↑↑
Number	N# 477
References	Ch# RC-1005, Mark Drake (editor); 2022. A Charlton Standard Catalogue / Volume 1. Canadian Coins : Numismatic issues (75th edition). Charlton Press, Kitchener, Ontario, Canada. And 1 more volumes. Schön# 345, Gerhard Schön; 2022. Weltmünzkatalog / 20. Jahrhundert: 1901-2000 (47. Auflage). Battenberg Gietl Verlag, Regenstauf, Germany. And 2 more volumes. KM# 357 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.

Commemorative issue

Creation of the territory of Nunavut on April 1, 1999

Obverse

Head of Queen Elizabeth II, as at 64 years of age, wearing the royal diadem, necklace, and earrings, facing right.

Script: Latin

Lettering: ELIZABETH II D•G•REGINA 1999

Unabridged legend: ELIZABETH II DEI GRATIA REGINA

Translation: Elizabeth II Queen by the grace of God

Engraver: Dora de Pédery-Hunt

Dora de Pédery-Hunt, CM OOnt was a Hungarian-Canadian sculptor who designed medals and coins. She was the first Canadian citizen to design an effigy for Queen Elizabeth II.

Reverse

A reproduction of a silk screen print which represents an Inuit drummer is surrounded with the legend "NUNAVUT" both in the Latin alphabet and the Inuktitut syllabary, the inscription "CANADA" and the face value

Scripts: Inuktitut, Latin

Lettering:
NUNAVUT ᓄᓇᕗᑦ
CANADA 2 DOLLARS
G.A.

Designer: G. Arnaktauyok

Edge

Segmented reeding

© ZacUK

Mints

Comments

Bronze center: 92% Cu, 6% Al, 2% Ni
Ring: 99% Ni

Also in the 1999 Specimen set

See also

• 2 Dollars - Elizabeth II (Nunavut Mule)

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