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Canada has a new $1 coin and the loonie features a leopard frog (PHOTOS)

The Royal Canadian Mint has unveiled a brand new loonie featuring one of Canada's most endangered species: the leopard frog.

As part of the Specimen Set, the Royal Canadian Mint crafted a new $1 coin in hopes of raising awareness for wildlife conservation and species recovery efforts in Canada.

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Canada Has A New $1 Coin & The Loonie Features Four Symbolic Aircraft (PHOTOS)

Canada has a new silver loonie in celebration of the 100th anniversary of the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF).

To commemorate the RCAF, the new Canadian coin features four significant aircraft on its reverse, "these form a powerful and captivating design that draws the viewer in and invites them to discover the meaning behind all of these symbolic images," the Royal Canadian Mint said.

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Canada Has A New $1 Coin & The Loonie Is Made Up Of Pure Silver (PHOTOS)

The Royal Canadian Mint has unveiled a brand new one-dollar coin and this time around, the loonie is completely silver.

The iconic loonie, which features a Canadian loon on the reverse of the original gold coin, first began circulating across Canada in 1987, after replacing the Canadian one-dollar bill. While the $1 coin is still very much in circulation, the Royal Canadian Mint released a new $1 coin made up of 99.99% pure silver.

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Canada Has A New Steel $2 Coin & It Features Flying Geese (PHOTOS)

The Royal Canadian Mint has rolled out a brand new $2 coin in celebration of the 100th anniversary of the birth of Canadian artist Jean Paul Riopelle. The $2 colourized special wrap roll features two geese from one of Riopelle's masterpieces, L’Hommage à Rosa Luxemburg.

Each colourized special wrap roll contains 25 $2 coins, all of which bear a selectively coloured reverse, which per the Royal Canadian Mint, "captures the spirit of both the original art and the artistic genius behind it."

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Canada Has A New $50 Coin Made Of Pure Silver & It's Dazzling (PHOTOS)

The Royal Canadian Mint has introduced a brand new $50 bullion Canadian coin made up of 99.99% pure silver.

There $50 Pure Silver coin was created for the 35th anniversary celebration of the Royal Canadian Mint's Silver Maple Leaf (SML) bullion coins. Turning 35 years old in 2023, the silver coin stands as a commemorative issue celebrating nearly 40 decades of being one of the most sought-after silver bullion coins, per the Mint.

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Canada Has A New $50 Coin Made Of Pure Gold & It's Gleaming (PHOTOS)

The Royal Canadian Mint has rolled out a brand new $50 bullion coin and it's made up of 99.99% pure gold.

The 2023 $50 1-ounce 99.99%Pure Gold Maple Leaf Single-Source Mine bullion coin is entirely made up of gold from Newmont's Éléonore mine in Northern Québec and has been "expertly refined by the Mind under a rigorous segregation protocol," the Royal Canadian Mint said in a press release.

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Canada Is Getting A New $2 Coin & Here's What It Looks Like (PHOTOS)

Canada is getting a brand new toonie commemorating a historic hockey moment — and no King Charles III's face will not be on it, but Queen Elizabeth's will. The Royal Canadian Mint announced on September 28 that a new $2 coin will be launched and later circulated across Canada to celebrate Team Canada's "triumph" over Team USSR in the 1972 Summit Series.

"In 1972 Team Canada helped inspire a generation of Canadians," said Chrystia Freeland, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance. "This new circulation coin may be a small token, but I hope — fifty years later — that it might help to inspire another."

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