1 cent: maple leaves
5 cent: beaver
10 cent: Bluenose (sailboat)
25 cent: caribou
50 cent: Canadian Coat of Arms
1 dollar: loon
2 dollar: polar bear
There have been some different designs in some years, commemorating various people or events, but these are the standard current designs. The 1 cent coin was discontinued after 2012.
The front of the Canadian $1 coin features a loon, an aquatic bird common in Canada. The reverse side carries a picture of Queen Elizabeth II.
By convention, the "tails" side of British and Commonwealth coins is the side with the monarch's picture, because that's on all such coins, while the individual design of each denomination is considered to be the heads, or obverse side.
The front (face) of Canadian Coins features profile of Elizabeth II of Britain. the obverse has images dependant on the coin and the coin. The images may vary to make special events. Typically these are:
The Canadian dime shows a sailing boat on the back.
Edit by Lucy Goosey: It's actually the Bluenose, a famous Canadian schooner.
The dime shows the Bluenose Schooner in full sail.
Elizabeth Queen II.
The design on the back of the coin is the Canadian Coat of Arms.
No, the Canadian quarter (25 cent coin) has a caribou on the back, not an elk.
maple leaf
I have a $2.00 coin Elizabeth II D.G. Reginal 1999. How much is worth? in the back of the coin it says: nunavut
No. It is a British coin.
yes, his portrait was struck on a Canadian coin.
US$47
A Canadian $20.00 gold coin is worth around $400.00
The 'toonie'is the two dollar coin and a 'loonie'is a one dollar coin in the Canadian currency. A Looney is also a water bird of Canada of which is on the one dollar coin.
The value of a 1922 Canadian 5 cent coin is (if in good condition) $0.20.
No.
The Loonie