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Canada’s two-dollar polar bear coin turns 10!On February 19, 1996, a curious sort of bear began rolling into the pockets of Canadian consumers. It was the new two-dollar coin, Canada’s first bi-metallic circulation coin that...

The first Canadian two dollar coin was issued in 1996 to replace the two dollar bank note which was withdrawn from ciculation. To mark this event the Numismatic Deparmnet of the Roal Canadian Mint issued four differeent planchet varieties, in two...