Canadian 2-dollar coin · 400th Anniversary of the founding of Quebec City (2008)
400th Anniversary of the founding of Quebec City
Quebec artist Geneviève Bertrand won a design competition to create a new reverse of the 2-dollar circulation coin commemorating the 400th anniversary of Quebec City. The date 1608 appeared on the left side of the outer ring, while 2008 appeared on the right of the ring on this commemorative coin's reverse side. Only six million of these special coins circulated, in addition to more than 17 million 2008 Toonies produced with the traditional Polar Bear design. As the date was moved to the reverse side of this commemorative coin, the Mint Mark was moved to the core of the coin on the obverse, to the immediate left of Her Majesty's effigy.
What a coin with this design is made of
Every 2-dollar coin carrying this design falls outside the years the Mint records a silver-bearing composition for. There is no silver in any of them, so there is no melt value to work out. What one of these is worth depends on condition and on the date, and this site does not publish figures for either.
Across the years the Mint reports for this design, 18,400,000 2-dollar coins were struck.
Denomination
Introduced in 1996, bimetallic from the start, and never struck in silver for circulation.
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Every year of this design
| Year | Composition | Silver | Mintage |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | outer ring 99% nickel, inner core 92% copper, 6% aluminum, 2% nickel | none | 18,400,000 |
Other 2 dollars reverses
(1996-1998 and 2001-2003)
The polar bear (1996-1998 and 2001-2003)
The Founding of Nunavut (1999)
The Founding of Nunavut
Path of Knowledge (2000)
Path of Knowledge
Two new coins for the 10th Anniversary of the 2-dollar Circulation Coin (2006)
Two new coins for the 10th Anniversary of the 2-dollar Circulation Coin