New Circulation Coins - Two Dollar And Two Twenty-Five Cent

The following is an order authorizing the Issue of Circulation Coins of a Two Dollar and Two Twenty-five Cent as per the Canada Gazette Part II, Vol. 149, No. 13 SOR/2015-153. (refer to pages 2004 through 2006 in http://www.gazette.gc.ca/rp-pr/p2/2...g2-14913.pdf for the full order and description)

"... This Order authorizes the Mint to produce one $2 circulation coin and two 25-cent circulation coins. The 25-cent coins will share a common design, but will be produced in coloured and non-coloured versions.

The $2 coin will depict Lieutenant-Colonel John McCrae on the battlefield in the wake of the Second Battle of Ypres in early May 1915, writing the poem In Flanders Fields and surrounded by the symbols featured in the poem — birds, crosses, and poppies.

The 25-cent coins will feature a prominent, natural-looking poppy, an integral symbol of remembrance for Canadians, made famous by Lieutenant-Colonel John McCrae's poem In Flanders Fields. ..."

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