Canadian 2-dollar coin · Path of Knowledge (2000)

Path of Knowledge

For the new millennium, artist Tony Bianco illustrated a female polar bear and her two cubs to represent the transfer of knowledge from one generation to the next. The inscription on the coin's outer rim reads "Knowledge - Le Savoir." This was the only "tails" design to appear on the 2000 2-dollar circulation coin.

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, 29,847,000 2-dollar coins were struck.

Denomination

Canadian 2-dollar coin

Introduced in 1996, bimetallic from the start, and never struck in silver for circulation.

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Every year of this design

YearCompositionSilverMintage
2000outer ring 99% nickel, inner core 92% copper, 6% aluminum, 2% nickelnone29,847,000

Other 2 dollars reverses

The design name, its period and the description above are reproduced from the Royal Canadian Mint’s reverse design notes for the 2-dollar coin, retrieved 2026-09-04. Compositions and mintages come from the same page. This site publishes no variety, grade or catalogue distinctions, because those are not in the Mint’s record. Methodology.