The reverse:
The reverse shows a birds-eye view of a family of beavers — an adult male and female, and their two kits — building a lodge. The obverse depicts what’s happening underwater out of our eyelines, showing the underbellies of the beavers and their lodge.
The side:
It’s expensive though:
Collectors can purchase this coin on the Mint’s site, but it’ll cost more than the change in your wallet. It has a mintage of 2,750 and is being sold for $479.95.
This, people. THIS is how you design a coin.
That is one beautiful coin.
Oh, that’s gorgeous. I’m not a coin collector, but would love this framed.
The Canadian Beaver
Gooo!
*Ggity https://youtu.be/NiArDrnP29E
Wonder if it’s in another language Family Guy aired in, like Homer’s “D’oh!” is “T’oh” in France, but not in Quebec.
Nice beaver
No vending machine is ever going to accept that.
being sold for $479.95. If you don’t want to pay half of your rent for this, […]
LOL That barely covers 20% of my monthly rent
huh, the new twoonie looks nice, but what’s with King Charles? I thought you guys weren’t gonna bother?
For those that might not have clicked through:
Be on the lookout for any colourful toonies in your change — you could add Canada’s newest circulation coin to your collection.
The Royal Canadian Mint unveiled its latest $2 commemorative circulation coin honouring the work of Indigenous artist Daphne Odjig on Thursday.
The toonie is limited to a mintage of three million coins, of which two million are coloured. It begins circulating on Thursday, Sept. 4, so keep an eye out for it in your change.
The other variant:
He was actually just there in the water for the reference images, and got left in by mistake.
