MULTI-COLOR COINS
CANADA CELEBRATES AUTHOR L. M.
MONTGOMERY ON DOLLAR COIN
Canada
issued both colored and uncolored versions of their 2024 dollar coin
commemorating the 150th anniversary of the birth of Canadian author L.
M. Montgomery. She wrote hundreds of short stories and poems
in addition to 20 novels. She achieved lasting fame through the
creation of Anne of Green Gables. Since its publication in 1908 Anne of
Green Gables has never been out of print, has been translated into at
least 36 languages and has sold more than 50 million copies, making it
a worldwide best-seller. The coin depicts the author writing.
Below is her signature along with the small cat drawing that she often
included. Anne is depicted staring out a window at the
fields. Both color and regular (uncolored) versions of the
coin were issued. King Charles III is on the obverse.
Item
CA-1D24COL-MONT CANADA 1 DOLLAR 2024 L.M.
MONTGOMERY, COLOR VERSION UNC.$5.00
Item
CA-1D24REG-MONT CANADA 1 DOLLAR 2024 L.M.
MONTGOMERY, REGULAR (UNCOLORED) VERSION UNC.$4.00
CANADA HONORS
ARTIST JEAN-PAUL
RIOPELLE
Canada
commemorated the 100th anniversary of the birth of artist Jean-Paul
Riopelle with 2023 colored and non-colored 2 Dollar coins.
The reverses of the coins depict elements from panel 29 of his 132 foot
long (40.39m) 1992 work
L’Hommage
a Rosa Luxemburg. The spray-paint and
acrylic work was done as a tribute to American painter Joan Mitchell,
which whom he had a close relationship. Rosa Luxembu
trg was a
communist who was executed in 1919 after attempting to overthrow the
German government.
Canada has not yet approved a portrait of
Charles III so the Susanna Blunt portrait of Queen Elizabeth along with
the dates 2023 1952 + 2022 is on the obverse.
Item
CA-2D23COL-RIOPELLE CANADA 2 DOLLARS 2023
JEAN-PAUL RIOPELLE, COLOR VERSION UNC.
$6.00
Item
CA-2D23REG-RIOPELLE CANADA 2 DOLLARS 2023
JEAN-PAUL RIOPELLE, REGULAR VERSION UNC.
$6.00
CANADA
CELEBRATES AERONAUTICAL ENGINEER ELSIE MACGILL
Elsie
MacGill, born in 1905, was the world's first woman to earn an
aeronautical engineering degree in 1929 and was the first woman in
Canada to receive a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering in
1927. Despite contracting polio and facing discrimination due
to her sex, she worked herself up to become the Chief Aeronautical
Engineer at Canadian Car and Foundry (CanCar). While there
she designed and tested the Maple Leaf II Trainer. Later she supervised
the production of Hawker Hurricane fighters at CanCar that
were needed for Britain's war effort, earning her the title "Queen of
the Hurricanes". In addition to her many engineering achievements she
was
an advocate for women's rights. The eleven-sided
2023 Canadian 1 Dollar coin depicts Elsie MacGill carrying
blueprints. Above is a Maple Leaf II Trainer. To
the left is a Hawker Hurricane. Two versions of the coin were
struck. One with the Hawker Hurricane in color, the other
without color. Canada has yet to come up with a portrait of
Charles III, so Queen Elizabeth is on the obverse with the dates 2003
at the top and 1952 + 2022 at the bottom.
Item
CA-1D23COL-MACGILL CANADA 1 DOLLAR 2023
ELSIE MACGILL, COLOR VERSION
$5.00
Item
CA-1D23REG-MACGILL CANADA 1 DOLLAR 2023
ELSIE MACGILL, REGULAR VERSION
$6.00
CANADA
REMEMBERS THE SUMMIT HOCKEY SERIES
Canada
issued both color and non-colored circulating bi-metallic 2 Dollar
coins in 2022 to commemorate the 50th anniversary of their victory in
the Summit Series ice hockey games against the Soviet Union held in
September 1972. Both nations considered themselves to be the
best in the world. The Summit Series was set to prove it. It
was a series of eight games, the first four held in Canada and the last
four in the Soviet Union. This was during the Cold War. Both
fans and players had intense feelings of nationalism. Canada
went into the series confident they would sweep the series, but it was
not to be. The Soviets were a lot better than they
expected. Going into the final game of the series the games
were evenly split, with three wins and a tie. The Soviets led
in the number of goals scored. An estimated 15 out of 22
million Canadians tuned into the final game. It was a tense
and dramatic game, with Team Canada overcoming a two-goal Soviet lead
after two periods. Canada scored the final game winning goal with just
34 seconds left to play. The coin depicts two Team Canada
players in their distinctive red and white uniforms. The
coaches’ initials and the players’ jersey numbers surround the inner
core. The Royal Canadian Mint pledged that the net
proceeds from the sale of the coins will be donated to the Ukraine
Humanitarian Appeal.
Item
CA-2D-COL-SUMMIT CANADA COLOR 2 DOLLARS 2022
SUMMIT SERIES ICE HOCKEY BU $5.00
Item
CA-2D-REG-SUMMIT CANADA NON-COLOR 2 DOLLARS
2022 SUMMIT SERIES ICE HOCKEY BU $7.00
Item
CA-2D-BOTH-SUMMIT BOTH OF THE ABOVE CANADA 2 DOLLAR
2022 SUMMIT SERIES ICE HOCKEY BU $12.00
CANADA CELEBRATES
BLUENOSE WITH
2021 DIMES
Canada
celebrated the 100th anniversary of the schooner Bluenose with
three 2021 dimes. Bluenose was launched as a fishing and
racing schooner in 1921. Bluenose had long been a nickname
for Nova Scotians. The ship repeatedly won the International
Fisherman's Cup and other important competitions.
In 1937, when she was at the height of her fame, she was placed on the
reverse of the Canadian dime. It was the year she won her
final race. Fishing schooners were replaced by motorized
trawlers. Bluenose was motorized and in 1942 was stripped of
her masts and rigging and converted to a costal freighter working in
the Caribbean. In 1946, while carrying a load of bananas, she
struck a reef in Haiti and was abandoned. The three versions
of the 2021 Bluenose dime include one with the traditional design with
the dates 1921 2021, one with an updated version showing the ship
cutting through the waves, and a colorized version showing the ship
cutting through the waves. All three have the Susanna Blunt portrait of
Queen Elizabeth on the obverse.
Item
CA-BLUE SET OF 3 CANADA 2021 BLUENOSE 10
CENTS, BU
$3.00
CANADA 2021
KLONDIKE DOLLAR
Canada
celebrated the 125th anniversary of the Klondike Gold Rush with
circulating color and uncolored 1 Dollar coins. Both coins have the
same design. The design depicts the four who discovered gold at Rabbit
Creek in August 1896, panning for gold: Keish (Skookum Jim Mason), K̲áa
Goox̱ (Dawson Charlie), Shaaw Tláa (Kate Carmack) and her husband,
George Carmack. The discovery had a major economic, social and
environmental impact on the isolated region. On a hillside is
an image representing the Moosehide Gathering place, where the Tr’ondëk
Hwëch’in First Nation people relocated when they were displaced by the
influx of gold rushers. The color version of the coin depicts
the Moosehide image in red. Above is the Canadian Maple Leaf within an
image of the sun. The portrait of Queen Elizabeth by Canadian
artist Susanna Blunt is on the obverse.
Item
CA-1D-COL-KLONDIKE CANADA COLOR 1 DOLLAR
2021 KLONDIKE GOLD RUSH UNC.
$4.50
Item
CA-1D-REG-KLONDIKE CANADA COLOR 1 DOLLAR
2021 KLONDIKE GOLD RUSH UNC.
$5.00
Item
CA-1D-BOTH-KLONDIKE BOTH THE ABOVE COLOR AND
UNCOLORED KLONDIKE DOLLARS
$9.00
CANADA 2020 WORLD
WAR II VICTORY
2 DOLLAR COIN
Canada
commemorated the 75th anniversary of the end of World War II
with this multi-color 2020 2 Dollar coin.
The coins have similar reverse designs which were adapted from
Canada's World War II era Victory 5 cent
coins. The designs feature a torch and a large "V"
in the center. On the outer ring is the inscription
"WE WIN WHEN WE
WORK WILLINGLY" in Morse code and the words Victory and
Remember are in
English and French. At the top are two shifting images of a
maple leaf within the line pattern. The obverse depicts the
portrait of Queen Elizabeth II.
Item
CA-2D-COL-VICT CANADA COLOR 2 DOLLARS 2020
WWII UNC.
$7.00
CANADA
2020 COLOR BI-METALLIC 2 DOLLAR COIN CELEBRATES HAIDA ART AND CULTURE 
Canada
recently released a circulating multi-color, bi-metallic 2 Dollar coin
to celebrate Haida art and culture. Haida art is a
distinctive art form created by tribes of north-western
Canada. It includes a range of objects including Totem Poles,
stone carving, baskets, blankets and drawings. The
reverse of this 2020 dated coin features "Xhuwaji, Haida Grizzly
Bear". The red, black and white design was originally painted
by renowned Haida artist Bill Reid (Iljuwas) on a ceremonial drum in
1988. Reid was a gifted artist, writer and broadcaster who
championed Haida causes. The coin also celebrates the 100th anniversary
of the artist's birth. The obverse depicts the portrait of Queen
Elizabeth II by Canadian artist Susanna Blunt.
Item
CA-2D-HAIDA
CANADA 2 DOLLARS 2020 HAIDA ART UNC.
$7.00
JAPAN MULTI-COLORED SILVER EARTHQUAKE
RELIEF COINS
Japan issued these two multi-colored silver 1000 Yen coins in 2015 to
help raise funds for the rebuilding effort after the Great East Japan
Earthquake, also called the Tohoku Earthquake which occurred March 3,
2011. The magnitude 9.1 earthquake was the largest ever
recorded in Japan. The earthquake triggered powerful tsunami
waves that may have reached heights over 130 feet (40.5m), traveled up
to 6 miles (10km.) inland and led to the meltdown of the Fukushima
Nuclear Power Plant. As of 2015, when the coins
were issued, almost a quarter of a million people were still displaced
from their homes. The first coin depicts a fishing boat with
numerous flags and banners coming to the rescue. Ears of rice
are to the left It has a mintage of 60,000. The
second coin features an origami paper crane flying over the
reconstruction zone. It has a mintage of only
40,000. Both coins have the same reverse depicting a tree and
birds in flight. The legend translates as "Let's do our best
Japan". The coins are dated Heisei ear year 27, which
corresponds to 2015AD. They are 40mm and contain 1 troy ounce
of .999 silver and come in their original boxes with Certificates of
Authenticity.
Item
JP-BOAT JAPAN 1000 YEN 2015 BOAT Y242 PROOF $75.00
Item
JP-CRANE JAPAN 1000 YEN 2015 CRANE Y243 PROOF $75.00
ENDANGERED
FROG COINS OF MALAWI
Malawi released a series of 10 multi-colored silver-plated Proof
10 Kwacha coins depicting endangered frogs in 2010. A
different
species of endangered frog is depicted on each of the coins in vibrant
colors. Included is Blue Poison Arrow, Dyeing Poison Arrow,
Darwin
Frog, Panamanian Gold, Purple Frog, Carrikeri Harlequin, Golden
Harlequin, Tree Frog, Amazon Horned, Malagasy
Rainbow. The obverses
of the coins include the Malawi coat of arms, denomination and date.
The 39mm coins are Proof and have a mintage of only 10,000 pieces
each. The Standard Catalog of World Coins only
lists six of the ten
coins in the set. Those that are listed have a catalog value of $24
each. Due to a fortunate purchase we can offer this
attractive set for
much less.
Item
MW-FROGS MALAWI SET OF 10 DIFFERENT
ENDANGERED FROG COINS, 10 KWACHA 2010 KM91-96+ PROOF $99.50
2019 PANAMA WORLD YOUTH DAY
COINS
Panama
celebrated World Youth Day with regular and colored bi-metallic 1
Balboa coins. The 2019 World Youth Day was held in Panama
City in January 2019. The event was organized by the Catholic
Church and featured a visit by Pope Francis. It drew
thousands of young people from around the world.
Both coins feature the logo of the event on one side and the Panamanian
arms on the other. The logo was designed by a 20-year-old
college student. The logo, which is rich in Catholic symbolism. It
incorporates a silhouette of the Panamanian Isthmus and the Panama
Canal, a Pilgrim Cross, silhouette of the Virgin Mary, the five points
of the crown of Mary, also symbolizing the five continents.
The logo has both the shape of a heart and the letter 'M'.
Item
PA-COL-YOUTH PANAMA 1 BALBOA 2019 WORLD
YOUTH DAY - COLORED KM169 UNC.
$5.00
Item
PA-REG-YOUTH PANAMA 1 BALBOA 2019 WORLD
YOUTH DAY - NON-COLOR KM168 UNC. $5.50
Item
PA-BOTH-YOUTH BOTH of the above PANAMA 1
BALBOA 2019 YOUTH DAY - COLOR & NON-COLOR UNC. $9.75
THE WORLD’S FIRST
INTERACTIVE APP GAME COIN FEATURES ANGRY BIRDS
Angry
Birds is a popular, fun and addictive video game that can be played on
a wide variety of platforms. The game was first introduced in
2009. The original game and its revisions have over five
billion downloads across all platforms. Full length animated films
based on the game were released in 2016 and 2019.
In 2018 Sierra Leone released a multi-color “Angry Birds”
coin. According to Pobjoy Mint it is “the world’s first
interactive app game coin”. The design features Red and a special
Zapper code that allows you to enter the world of Angry Birds on your
mobile phone. The App allows you to interact with the characters and
permits you to take selfies with the enchanting characters.
The 38.6mm copper nickel coin is denominated 1 Dollar, has a mintage of
only 10,000 pieces and comes in a special pack. The Sierra
Leone coat of arms is on the reverse.
Item
SL-ANGRY SIERRA LEONE 1 DOLLAR 2018 ANGRY BIRDS KM460 BU$19.95
FOR MORE COLOR COINS, ALSO SEE:
BRITISH HEROES COINS
INCLUDE MULTI-COLORED BRITISH FLAG
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Canada
issued both colored and uncolored versions of their 2024 dollar coin
commemorating the 150th anniversary of the birth of Canadian author L.
M. Montgomery. She wrote hundreds of short stories and poems
in addition to 20 novels. She achieved lasting fame through the
creation of Anne of Green Gables. Since its publication in 1908 Anne of
Green Gables has never been out of print, has been translated into at
least 36 languages and has sold more than 50 million copies, making it
a worldwide best-seller. The coin depicts the author writing.
Below is her signature along with the small cat drawing that she often
included. Anne is depicted staring out a window at the
fields. Both color and regular (uncolored) versions of the
coin were issued. King Charles III is on the obverse.
Canada
commemorated the 100th anniversary of the birth of artist Jean-Paul
Riopelle with 2023 colored and non-colored 2 Dollar coins.
The reverses of the coins depict elements from panel 29 of his 132 foot
long (40.39m) 1992 work L’Hommage
a Rosa Luxemburg. The spray-paint and
acrylic work was done as a tribute to American painter Joan Mitchell,
which whom he had a close relationship. Rosa Luxembutrg was a
communist who was executed in 1919 after attempting to overthrow the
German government.
Canada has not yet approved a portrait of
Charles III so the Susanna Blunt portrait of Queen Elizabeth along with
the dates 2023 1952 + 2022 is on the obverse.
Elsie
MacGill, born in 1905, was the world's first woman to earn an
aeronautical engineering degree in 1929 and was the first woman in
Canada to receive a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering in
1927. Despite contracting polio and facing discrimination due
to her sex, she worked herself up to become the Chief Aeronautical
Engineer at Canadian Car and Foundry (CanCar). While there
she designed and tested the Maple Leaf II Trainer. Later she supervised
the production of Hawker Hurricane fighters at CanCar that
were needed for Britain's war effort, earning her the title "Queen of
the Hurricanes". In addition to her many engineering achievements she
was
an advocate for women's rights. The eleven-sided
2023 Canadian 1 Dollar coin depicts Elsie MacGill carrying
blueprints. Above is a Maple Leaf II Trainer. To
the left is a Hawker Hurricane. Two versions of the coin were
struck. One with the Hawker Hurricane in color, the other
without color. Canada has yet to come up with a portrait of
Charles III, so Queen Elizabeth is on the obverse with the dates 2003
at the top and 1952 + 2022 at the bottom.
Canada
issued both color and non-colored circulating bi-metallic 2 Dollar
coins in 2022 to commemorate the 50th anniversary of their victory in
the Summit Series ice hockey games against the Soviet Union held in
September 1972. Both nations considered themselves to be the
best in the world. The Summit Series was set to prove it. It
was a series of eight games, the first four held in Canada and the last
four in the Soviet Union. This was during the Cold War. Both
fans and players had intense feelings of nationalism. Canada
went into the series confident they would sweep the series, but it was
not to be. The Soviets were a lot better than they
expected. Going into the final game of the series the games
were evenly split, with three wins and a tie. The Soviets led
in the number of goals scored. An estimated 15 out of 22
million Canadians tuned into the final game. It was a tense
and dramatic game, with Team Canada overcoming a two-goal Soviet lead
after two periods. Canada scored the final game winning goal with just
34 seconds left to play. The coin depicts two Team Canada
players in their distinctive red and white uniforms. The
coaches’ initials and the players’ jersey numbers surround the inner
core. The Royal Canadian Mint pledged that the net
proceeds from the sale of the coins will be donated to the Ukraine
Humanitarian Appeal.
Canada
celebrated the 100th anniversary of the schooner Bluenose with
three 2021 dimes. Bluenose was launched as a fishing and
racing schooner in 1921. Bluenose had long been a nickname
for Nova Scotians. The ship repeatedly won the International
Fisherman's Cup and other important competitions.
In 1937, when she was at the height of her fame, she was placed on the
reverse of the Canadian dime. It was the year she won her
final race. Fishing schooners were replaced by motorized
trawlers. Bluenose was motorized and in 1942 was stripped of
her masts and rigging and converted to a costal freighter working in
the Caribbean. In 1946, while carrying a load of bananas, she
struck a reef in Haiti and was abandoned. The three versions
of the 2021 Bluenose dime include one with the traditional design with
the dates 1921 2021, one with an updated version showing the ship
cutting through the waves, and a colorized version showing the ship
cutting through the waves. All three have the Susanna Blunt portrait of
Queen Elizabeth on the obverse.
Canada
celebrated the 125th anniversary of the Klondike Gold Rush with
circulating color and uncolored 1 Dollar coins. Both coins have the
same design. The design depicts the four who discovered gold at Rabbit
Creek in August 1896, panning for gold: Keish (Skookum Jim Mason), K̲áa
Goox̱ (Dawson Charlie), Shaaw Tláa (Kate Carmack) and her husband,
George Carmack. The discovery had a major economic, social and
environmental impact on the isolated region. On a hillside is
an image representing the Moosehide Gathering place, where the Tr’ondëk
Hwëch’in First Nation people relocated when they were displaced by the
influx of gold rushers. The color version of the coin depicts
the Moosehide image in red. Above is the Canadian Maple Leaf within an
image of the sun. The portrait of Queen Elizabeth by Canadian
artist Susanna Blunt is on the obverse.
Canada
recently released a circulating multi-color, bi-metallic 2 Dollar coin
to celebrate Haida art and culture. Haida art is a
distinctive art form created by tribes of north-western
Canada. It includes a range of objects including Totem Poles,
stone carving, baskets, blankets and drawings. The
reverse of this 2020 dated coin features "Xhuwaji, Haida Grizzly
Bear". The red, black and white design was originally painted
by renowned Haida artist Bill Reid (Iljuwas) on a ceremonial drum in
1988. Reid was a gifted artist, writer and broadcaster who
championed Haida causes. The coin also celebrates the 100th anniversary
of the artist's birth. The obverse depicts the portrait of Queen
Elizabeth II by Canadian artist Susanna Blunt. 
Panama
celebrated World Youth Day with regular and colored bi-metallic 1
Balboa coins. The 2019 World Youth Day was held in Panama
City in January 2019. The event was organized by the Catholic
Church and featured a visit by Pope Francis. It drew
thousands of young people from around the world.
Both coins feature the logo of the event on one side and the Panamanian
arms on the other. The logo was designed by a 20-year-old
college student. The logo, which is rich in Catholic symbolism. It
incorporates a silhouette of the Panamanian Isthmus and the Panama
Canal, a Pilgrim Cross, silhouette of the Virgin Mary, the five points
of the crown of Mary, also symbolizing the five continents.
The logo has both the shape of a heart and the letter 'M'. 
Angry
Birds is a popular, fun and addictive video game that can be played on
a wide variety of platforms. The game was first introduced in
2009. The original game and its revisions have over five
billion downloads across all platforms. Full length animated films
based on the game were released in 2016 and 2019.
In 2018 Sierra Leone released a multi-color “Angry Birds”
coin. According to Pobjoy Mint it is “the world’s first
interactive app game coin”. The design features Red and a special
Zapper code that allows you to enter the world of Angry Birds on your
mobile phone. The App allows you to interact with the characters and
permits you to take selfies with the enchanting characters.
The 38.6mm copper nickel coin is denominated 1 Dollar, has a mintage of
only 10,000 pieces and comes in a special pack. The Sierra
Leone coat of arms is on the reverse.
