First one... Inscription: ELIZABETH II -Maple Leaf- D.G. REGINA 1996 Reverse Inscription:CANADA 2 Dollars Pictures Obverse: Queen Elizabeth Pictures Reverse: Bear on ?Glacier? or ?ice? or ?frozen land? Other: Bi-Metal Grade: Around Ex Fine ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Inscrip.: $1000 1988 JUANA DE ASBAJA oM Rev.Inscrip.: ESTADOS UNIDOS MEXICANOS Pic. Obv.: Bust of Juana De Asbaja Pic. Rev.: Bird ?eagle? with a snake in it's mouth Other: NONE Grade: Fine-Very Fine ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Inscrip.: ELIZABETH II D.G. REGINA Rev. Inscrip.: CANADA 1989 DOLLAR pic. obv.:Bust of Queen Elizabeth II pic. rev.: Duck in water with land and pine trees ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Please help as it took a long time to type this!!! ~Frank~
The bird on the one dollar coin is a loon thus the name "loonie". Both one and two dollar coins are very common and will only be worth face value unless they are in exceptional condition. Bill
According to the 59th Edition (2005) of the Charlton Standard, the 1996 2$ (toonie) had the most mintage of all the 2$ coins so far. There was 375,483,000 pieces minted that year because it was the first year the coin was introduced and the mint forced the switch over from the 2$ bill to coin. Because of this the coin is not too valuable beyond its face value at the moment unless it's in mint state condition. The Catalogue lists the coin MS-60 at 3$ MS-63 at 5$ MS-64 at 7.5$ MS-65 at 25$ Values in Canadian dollars. This applies to all the 2$ coins in the years that follow as well. It hasn't been a decade for this coin yet! It's pretty much the same about the 1989 1$ (Loonie). The Catalogue lists the coin MS-60 at 2$ MS-63 at 3$ MS-64 at 10$ MS-65 at 20$ Values in Canadian dollars. Even for the numerous commerative designs that came out in the years following, the prices above apply to them.
Welcome! The motto is "utraque unum" which means something like "both in one". Could be a Mexican real(es) coin. An image would definitely help. Christian
