MULTI-COLOR COINS
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
colored and un-colored versions of this 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
Item
CA-2D-REG-VICT CANADA REGULAR 2
DOLLARS 2020
WWII UNC.
$7.50
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
ELVIS PRESLEY DOLLAR
FROM FIJI
Elvis
Presley is featured on this 2012 silver-plated 1 Dollar coin of
Fiji. The reverse features two images of Elivs on the
reverse, one with a guitar, and a color image of him dancing. The coin
has the inscription "
MUSIC
IS MY LIFE * ROCK ' N ROLL". Queen
Elizabeth is on the obverse. The 38.61 mm coin was struck at
the Helvetic Mint in Switzerland and has a mintage of just 2500
pieces. That is quite a small number considering how many
Elvis fans there are in the world!
Item
FJ-ELVIS
FIJI 1 DOLLAR 2012 ELVIS PRESLEY KM214 PROOF-LIKE
$19.50
FIJI
CELEBRATES 50 YEARS OF INDEPENDENCE WITH COLOR COIN
Fiji
celebrated their 50th anniversary of independence from Great Britain
with this 2020 circulating color 50 Cent coin. The obverse of
the coin features the Fijian coat of arms, the denomination and
date. The reverse features the flag of Fiji in color and the
legends "50 YEARS OF INDEPENDENCE 10 OCTOBER 2020",
Every school child in Fiji was given one of the coins.
The26.5mm nickel-plated steel coin was struck by the Royal Canadian
Mint.
Item
FJ-50ANNV FIJI 50 CENTS 2020 50th
ANNIVERSARY OF INDEPENDENCE, BU
$7.00
NORTH
SENTINEL ISLAND
North
Sentinel Island is one of the Andaman
Islands in the Bay of Bengal. There has been little
contact
with the fiercely independent people living on the island.
Travel to the island or any approach closer than 5 nautical miles is
prohibited. In 2006 two Indians fishing illegally
near the island were killed when their boat drifted too close to the
island. An American missionary was killed in 2018 when he
illegally landed on the island. The five-sided coin colored coin
depicts an artistic rendering of a turtle in blue one the
obverse. The reverse depicts a native shooting an arrow and
tribal art of a hunter with a bow and arrow. The 2021 dated
coin appears to be denominated as 5 clam shells. The 35.5mm
silver-plated Proof coin has a mintage of only 160 pieces.
Given the enforced isolation of the island it is unlikely the coins
will ever circulate there.
Item
SENTINEL NORTH SENTINEL ISLAND 5 CLAMS 2021
PROOF $19.95
BI-METALLIC COLORED
RED CROSS
COINS FROM PANAMA
Panama issued a colored Balboa coins in 2017 to
commemorate the Centennial of the Panamanian Red Cross. The
coin
features a red cross against a white
background. The 26.5mm
bi-metallic coin featuresthe
arms of Panama on the obverse.
Item
PA-17REDCROSS PANAMA 1 BALBOA 2017 RED CROSS -
CROSS, COLOR COIN, UNC.
$4.75
ST. HELENA
COMMEMORATES THE BATTLES OF THE NAPOLEONIC
WARS
Saint Helena, the island where Napoleon was exiled and died, released a
series of gold-plated, multi-colored 25 Pence coins in 2013
commemorating the land battles of the Napoleonic Wars. The
Napoleonic Wars
was a world war before the World Wars, with battles fought on land and
sea in Europe, Africa and the Americas. The wars ended with the
defeat of France in 1815. The Napoleonic Wars brought about
the supremacy of the Britain as a world power for the next 100
years. Spain lost her Empire, with the nations of Latin
America gaining their independence. The map of Europe was redrawn. The
Holy Roman Empire was dissolved and many tiny Germany states were
consolidated. Each of the
38.6mm gold-plated 25 pence coins depicts a different land battle scene
in
color, along with a portrait of Napoleon The six coins
feature the
Battle of the Pyramids in 1798, Battle of Austerlitz in 1805, Battle of
Jena in 1806, Battle of Borodino in 1812, Battle of Leipzig in 1813 and
Napoleons final defeat in the Battle of Waterloo in 1815. Below the
battle scene is a depiction of Napoleon and his troops.
Queen Elizabeth is on the obverse of each
coin. They are reasonably priced, historical sets depicting the battles
that brought about a transformation of the world.
Item
SH-NAP-LAND ST. HELENA
SET OF 6 25 PENCE,
2013 LAND BATTLES OF THE NAPOLEONIC WARS, PROOF
$49.50
AUSTRALIA
REMEMBERS WORLD WAR I
Australia
issued two $2 Dollar circulating colored commemorative coins in 2015 to
honor the 100th anniversary of World War
I. Both coins were inspired by John McCrae’s famous poem In
Flanders Fields and incorporate a colored circle in the
design. The first coin features a circle of crosses around a
red circle, representing the red poppy. The design was
inspired by the first two lines of the poem “In Flanders fields the
poppies blow. Between the crosses, row on row” In the center
are the words “Lest We Forget”. The second depicts
flying
larks, surrounding orange colored rings, which represent the sunset
glow, which are from the first and second stanzas of the poem. The
aluminum-bronze coins are 20.5mm and have Queen Elizabeth is on the
obverse
Item
AU-2DCROSS
AUSTRALIA TWO DOLLAR COIN, 2015 WORLD WAR I - CROSSES
KM2188
UNC. $7.50
Item
AU-2DLARK
AUSTRALIA TWO DOLLAR COIN, 2015 WORLD WAR I -
LARKS KM2189 UNC. $7.50
CANNABIS LEAF SHAPED
COIN FROM BENIN
In
2011 the West African nation of Benin issued this attractive colored
legal tender coin shaped like marijuana leaf! Cannabis
Sativa,
commonly known as marijuana, pot, grass,
weed and many other names as well has long used
for making fiber, rope, oil, paper and medicines. It is
now most famous for its use as a recreational drug. The
44mm silver-plated copper-nickel coin
looks like a green cannabis leaf on one side and has the arms of Benin
and the denomination on the other. It will will
supposedly
smell like cannabis when rubbed. I have not tested that claim
and do not recommend it if you wish to keep your coin pristine. The
coins are denominated as 100 Francs CFA and is
Proof. It
has a limited mintage of just 2,500 pieces and comes in a capsule
with a numbered Certificate of Authenticity. I expect this
unusual coin will be popular with collectors and potheads throughout
the
world, that is of course, if they remember to order it.
Item
BJ-MJ11
BENIN 100 FRANCS 2011 CANNABIS SHAPED COIN,
PROOF $75.00
UNUSUAL
MULTI-COLOR COINS FROM CORAL SEA REEFS
Bougainville Reef and Flora Reef are Australian territories in the
Coral Sea. They are popular with divers and recreational
fishermen. Bougainville Reef is the home of an unmanned
lighthouse and weather station. Flora Reef is a 4.6 sq. mile
(12 sq.km.) submerged atoll. Unofficial 10 Dollar coins were
issued for these uninhabited locations dated 2017. Both are
multi-color quarter circle wedge shaped coins. A laced moray
eel (Gymnothorax favagineus) in depicted on the Bougainville
coin. The Flora Reef coin features a blue-girdled angelfish
(Pomacanthus navarchus). The obverses of the coins depicts
Queen Elizabeth The odd-shaped silver-plated Proof coins are
46mm x 34mm and has a mintage of only 200 pieces each.
Item
OSPREY OSPREY REEF REEF 10 DOLLARS
(2016) CLOWN FISH, PROOF $22.00
Item
BOUGAINVILLE BOUGAINVILLE REEF 10 DOLLARS
2017, LACED MORAY EEL, PROOF
$22.00
Item
CORINGA CORINGA ISLETS 10 DOLLARS
2017, LONGNOSE BUTTERFLYFISH PROOF
$22.00
Item
FLORA FLORA REEF 10 DOLLARS 2017,
BLUE-GIRDLED ANGELFISH
PROOF $22.00
CANADA 2018
COLORED AND
UNCOLORED WWI ARMISTICE COINS
Canada
honored the 100th Anniversary of the World War I Armistice with two
versions of circulating bi-metallic 2 Dollar coins: uncolored and
colored. Both versions have similar designs. In the
center brass plated core is a soldier's helmet, beneath it is the word "
ARMISTICE" a
remembrance poppy. The colored version of the coin features
the poppy in red. Maple leaves and poppies are features in
the nickel-plated outer rim, along with the words "
REMEMBER" in
English and French ("
SOUVENIR")
and the date 2018. The Susanna Blunt portrait of Queen
Elizabeth is on the obverse of the 28mm coin.
Item
CA-2D18-REGARM
CANADA 2 DOLLARS 2018 REGULAR (UNCOLORED) ARMISTICE UNC. $5.50
Item
CA-2D18-COLARM
CANADA 2 DOLLARS 2018 COLORED ARMISTICE UNC. out
KING
CHARLES III ON COINS
FOR SCOTLAND
Though Prince Charles is not yet King, undated, multi-colored
unofficial pattern 2 Pound coin was issued for
Scotland. One side of the coins depicts
the outline of the
bust
of Charles wearing the royal crown. His royal cipher and the arms of
Scotland are in color. The other side depicts a Scottish
thistle and a Golden Eagle in color. The 40mm
coins are struck on silver plated brass with Proof finish.
Only 250 pieces were minted.
Item
SCOT2 SCOTLAND 2 POUNDS COIN (2016) PROOF $24.00
PRETTY
MULTI-COLOR SILVER COIN DEPICTS AN UGLY ANIMAL
This
sterling silver Proof Mongolian 500 Tugrik depicts a multi-color image
of a Mongolian Saiga Antelope (Saiga Tatarica Mongolica). The
horned animal features an overly-large distinctive nose. During summer
the huge nose helps filter out dust and cools the
animal's blood. In winter it heats up the frigid air before it is taken
to the lungs. The animal has had vast swings in its
population. During the last ice-age it ranged from the
British Isles, through Central Asia and into Alaska and the
Yukon. By the 1920’s it was almost exterminated, however it
was able to recover by the 1950’s. The population collapsed
again after the fall of the Soviet Union due to uncontrolled hunting
and the demand for its horns in Chinese medicine. Disease has
taken a further toll and today it is Critically
Endangered. The 2011 dated coin features the arms
of Mongolia and the denomination on the obverse. The 38.61mm
coin weights 25 grams and has a mintage of just 2500 pieces. It comes
in a capsule with a certificate of
Authenticity. It is an attractive coin depicting an
ugly animal.
Item MN-SAIGA
MONGOLIA 500 TUGRIK 2011 MONGOLIAN SAIGA
KM315 PROOF
$49.75
HISTORY
OF EGYPT ON MULTI-COLOR COIN
The Cook Islands issued this multi-color 1 Dollar in 2012 depicting the
great temple at Abu Simbel. The temple was erected on the banks of the
Nile River by
Pharaoh Ramses II in the 13th century B.C. In 1968 the entire massive
temple complex was cut apart, moved to higher ground and reassembled,
to avoid their being submerged by the creation of Lake Nasser after the
building of the Aswan High Dam. Queen Elizabeth is on the
obverse. The 38.6mm silver plated coin is Proof and had has a mintage
of only 5000 pieces.
Item
CK-ABU COOK IS. 1 DOLLAR 2012 ABU SIMBEL
TEMPLE, PROOF $19.50
FOR MORE COLOR COINS, ALSO SEE:
BRITISH HEROES COINS
INCLUDE MULTI-COLORED BRITISH FLAG
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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
commemorated the 75th anniversary of the end of World War II with
colored and un-colored versions of this 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. 
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. 
Elvis
Presley is featured on this 2012 silver-plated 1 Dollar coin of
Fiji. The reverse features two images of Elivs on the
reverse, one with a guitar, and a color image of him dancing. The coin
has the inscription "MUSIC
IS MY LIFE * ROCK ' N ROLL". Queen
Elizabeth is on the obverse. The 38.61 mm coin was struck at
the Helvetic Mint in Switzerland and has a mintage of just 2500
pieces. That is quite a small number considering how many
Elvis fans there are in the world!
Fiji
celebrated their 50th anniversary of independence from Great Britain
with this 2020 circulating color 50 Cent coin. The obverse of
the coin features the Fijian coat of arms, the denomination and
date. The reverse features the flag of Fiji in color and the
legends "50 YEARS OF INDEPENDENCE 10 OCTOBER 2020",
Every school child in Fiji was given one of the coins.
The26.5mm nickel-plated steel coin was struck by the Royal Canadian
Mint.
North
Sentinel Island is one of the Andaman
Islands in the Bay of Bengal. There has been little
contact
with the fiercely independent people living on the island.
Travel to the island or any approach closer than 5 nautical miles is
prohibited. In 2006 two Indians fishing illegally
near the island were killed when their boat drifted too close to the
island. An American missionary was killed in 2018 when he
illegally landed on the island. The five-sided coin colored coin
depicts an artistic rendering of a turtle in blue one the
obverse. The reverse depicts a native shooting an arrow and
tribal art of a hunter with a bow and arrow. The 2021 dated
coin appears to be denominated as 5 clam shells. The 35.5mm
silver-plated Proof coin has a mintage of only 160 pieces.
Given the enforced isolation of the island it is unlikely the coins
will ever circulate there.
Australia
issued two $2 Dollar circulating colored commemorative coins in 2015 to
honor the 100th anniversary of World War
I. Both coins were inspired by John McCrae’s famous poem In
Flanders Fields and incorporate a colored circle in the
design. The first coin features a circle of crosses around a
red circle, representing the red poppy. The design was
inspired by the first two lines of the poem “In Flanders fields the
poppies blow. Between the crosses, row on row” In the center
are the words “Lest We Forget”. The second depicts
flying
larks, surrounding orange colored rings, which represent the sunset
glow, which are from the first and second stanzas of the poem. The
aluminum-bronze coins are 20.5mm and have Queen Elizabeth is on the
obverse
In
2011 the West African nation of Benin issued this attractive colored
legal tender coin shaped like marijuana leaf! Cannabis
Sativa,
commonly known as marijuana, pot, grass,
weed and many other names as well has long used
for making fiber, rope, oil, paper and medicines. It is
now most famous for its use as a recreational drug. The
44mm silver-plated copper-nickel coin
looks like a green cannabis leaf on one side and has the arms of Benin
and the denomination on the other. It will will
supposedly
smell like cannabis when rubbed. I have not tested that claim
and do not recommend it if you wish to keep your coin pristine. The
coins are denominated as 100 Francs CFA and is
Proof. It
has a limited mintage of just 2,500 pieces and comes in a capsule
with a numbered Certificate of Authenticity. I expect this
unusual coin will be popular with collectors and potheads throughout
the
world, that is of course, if they remember to order it.
Canada
honored the 100th Anniversary of the World War I Armistice with two
versions of circulating bi-metallic 2 Dollar coins: uncolored and
colored. Both versions have similar designs. In the
center brass plated core is a soldier's helmet, beneath it is the word "ARMISTICE" a
remembrance poppy. The colored version of the coin features
the poppy in red. Maple leaves and poppies are features in
the nickel-plated outer rim, along with the words "REMEMBER" in
English and French ("SOUVENIR")
and the date 2018. The Susanna Blunt portrait of Queen
Elizabeth is on the obverse of the 28mm coin.
Though Prince Charles is not yet King, undated, multi-colored
unofficial pattern 2 Pound coin was issued for
Scotland. One side of the coins depicts
the outline of the
bust
of Charles wearing the royal crown. His royal cipher and the arms of
Scotland are in color. The other side depicts a Scottish
thistle and a Golden Eagle in color. The 40mm
coins are struck on silver plated brass with Proof finish.
Only 250 pieces were minted.
This
sterling silver Proof Mongolian 500 Tugrik depicts a multi-color image
of a Mongolian Saiga Antelope (Saiga Tatarica Mongolica). The
horned animal features an overly-large distinctive nose. During summer
the huge nose helps filter out dust and cools the
animal's blood. In winter it heats up the frigid air before it is taken
to the lungs. The animal has had vast swings in its
population. During the last ice-age it ranged from the
British Isles, through Central Asia and into Alaska and the
Yukon. By the 1920’s it was almost exterminated, however it
was able to recover by the 1950’s. The population collapsed
again after the fall of the Soviet Union due to uncontrolled hunting
and the demand for its horns in Chinese medicine. Disease has
taken a further toll and today it is Critically
Endangered. The 2011 dated coin features the arms
of Mongolia and the denomination on the obverse. The 38.61mm
coin weights 25 grams and has a mintage of just 2500 pieces. It comes
in a capsule with a certificate of
Authenticity. It is an attractive coin depicting an
ugly animal.
The Cook Islands issued this multi-color 1 Dollar in 2012 depicting the
great temple at Abu Simbel. The temple was erected on the banks of the
Nile River by
Pharaoh Ramses II in the 13th century B.C. In 1968 the entire massive
temple complex was cut apart, moved to higher ground and reassembled,
to avoid their being submerged by the creation of Lake Nasser after the
building of the Aswan High Dam. Queen Elizabeth is on the
obverse. The 38.6mm silver plated coin is Proof and had has a mintage
of only 5000 pieces.
