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RCM Honours Canadian Artist

The Royal Canadian Mint (RCM) has issued its latest circulating commemorative $2 coin, honouring influential 20th century visual artist Jean-Paul Riopelle. Released to mark the 100th anniversary of his birth, the coin marks the artist’s contribution to Canada’s cultural heritage.

The reverse design features a fragment of one of Riopolle’s most famous artworks, a 40 metre long and 30 panelled fresco titled ‘L’Hommage à Rosa Luxemburg’. The fresco features the recurring theme of bird- like silhouettes, two of which – from Panel 29 – appear on the coin.

The obverse of the coin features the effigy of Queen Elizabeth II, designed by Susanna Blunt.

Mintage has been limited to 3 million coins, with 2 million of these produced as coloured versions.