7 unique Canadian coins you can get from the Royal Canadian Mint — including a black toonie
The Royal Canadian Mint puts out circulation coins you find in your change and non-circulation coins that are only available for purchase.
There are so many unique Canadian coins you can get, including a black toonie, a $30 zodiac coin and a hexagon-shaped snowflake coin!
Here are seven special coins the Mint has released in the last few years and how much each cost if you want to buy it.
Elsie MacGill loonie
This 2023 $1 coin honouring Elsie MacGill, an aeronautical engineer and advocate for women's rights, features MacGill and the planes she helped design and produce.
Surrounded by the classic gold of the loonie, the fighter plane is coloured with green and brown hues to look like military camo.
The Royal Canadian Mint has a 2023 $1 Honouring Elsie MacGill Colourized Special Wrap Roll that comes with 25 coins available for $54.95.
$30 zodiac coin
If you're into astrology, you can get this $30 zodiac coin with the astrological signs circling the sun, moon and stars.
Three outer bands surround the inner core which has an engraved illustration of the sun and moon.
Those bands feature sculptures of the 12 signs of the zodiac, glyphs representing the astrological signs and their respective numbers.
It costs $229.95 for this $30 Fine Silver Coin – Signs of the Zodiac.
Pure gold dragon coin
Canada's Mint is offering this spirit dragon coin that was released in 2024 to celebrate the Year of the Dragon.
It features the dragon Shenlong, a rainmaker and master of storms.
The 99.99% pure gold coin, which is the traditional colour of prosperity and good fortune, has a face value of $8.
However, if you want the Pure Gold Coin – Spirit Dragon, it'll cost you $298.88!
Queen Elizabeth II black toonie
Even though it was released in 2022, you can still get the Queen Elizabeth II black toonie from the Royal Canadian Mint.
This $2 coin has all the classic design elements of the Canadian toonie but with a black outer ring as a symbol of grief, like a mourning armband.
It's the Mint's first circulation coin to feature a black-nickel-coloured design.
You can get 25 coins with the $2 Special Wrap Roll – Honouring Queen Elizabeth II that costs $79.95.
Mi'kmaq creation story $20 coin
This $20 coin shows the Mi'kmaq Creation Story featuring Kisu'lk (the Giver of Life), Niskam (Grandfather Sun), Wsitkamu (Mother Earth) and Kluskap (the first human being).
Then, the creation story unfolds in the cardinal directions reflecting the cycle of the natural world.
You can get this 1 oz. Pure Silver Coin – Generations: Mi’kmaq Creation Story that costs $104.95 from the Mint.
Snowflake $20 coin
This is the Royal Canadian Mint's first hexagon coin and it features a sparkling snow crystal.
Since most snow crystals have six points or sides, the Mint was inspired to make it a hexagon coin.
The outline emphasizes the snow crystal's shape while the engraved flake, that has a clear crystal in the centre, shows the uniqueness of snow.
It costs $139.95 for the $20 Pure Silver Hexagon Coin with Crystal – Snowflake.
Remembrance Day coin
This silver coin is dotted with red poppies, representing Remembrance Day.
On the 99.99% pure silver coin is the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in front of the National War Memorial in Ottawa with a veteran and a child placing red-coloured poppies on the tomb.
The 1 oz. Pure Silver Coin – Remembrance Day costs $114.95 from the Mint.
$30 Fine Silver Coin – Signs of the Zodiac from the Royal Canadian Mint.
Obverse of the $30 Fine Silver Coin – Signs of the Zodiac.