2025 Canada Commemorating the Life and Art of Daphne Odjig Collector Keepsake Card

2025 Canada Commemorating the Life and Art of Daphne Odjig Collector Keepsake Card

Two versions of our 2025 tribute to Daphne Odjig in one easy-to-display collectible.

The recipient of some of Canada’s highest honours, and the first First Nations woman artist to be represented on a Canadian circulation coin, Daphne Odjig and her art are honoured on the 2025 $2 commemorative coin that pays tribute to her legacy—as a creative force for change. There are two versions of the $2 Celebrating the Life and Art of Daphne Odjig, colourized and engraved only, and this affordably priced, two-coin Commemorative Collector Keepsake Card guarantees you’ll have both.

Features

• Exceptional art, exceptional artist. The $2 commemorative circulation coin honours one of the most important artists active in Canada in the 20th century: Daphne Odjig, who, through her colourful works and advocacy, worked to put Indigenous art on an equal footing with other fine arts.
• New format. Redesigned in 2024 to keep the focus on the commemorative theme, each Commemorative Collector Keepsake Card contains two (2) uncirculated coins: a colourized $2 Celebrating the Life and Art of Daphne Odjig coin, and a non-colourized one.
• Affordably priced. Your two coins come in a colourful folder that presents and explains the theme, and at just $14.95, this is one of our most affordable collectibles in 2025!
• A first for a Canadian circulation coin. This is the first circulation coin to focus on the life and work of a First Nations woman artist.
• Painting a story. The $2 coin’s reverse design is based on Odjig’s Folk Singer, brought to life by a selective application of colour on the colourized coin. It is an inspiring representation of the bold line and colour work that characterized much of her work.
• Limited supply. A total of 50,000 keepsake cards are available worldwide.

Design

The reverse design is based on the artwork Folk Singer by acclaimed First Nations artist Daphne Odjig (1919-2016). Enhanced with selective colour on the colourized coin, the centre features a cropped view of the female figure holding a drum, while the outer ring bears an engraved reproduction of the artist’s drawing of a fisher (the anglicized version of “Odjig” is “Fisher”), as it appears above Odjig’s signature on her 1978 masterpiece The Indian in Transition, which hangs in the Canadian Museum of History. The obverse features the effigy of His Majesty King Charles III by Canadian artist Steven Rosati.

Layers of meaning
On the reverse, the outer ring includes Odjig’s drawing of a fisher, as it appears above her signature on her 1978 masterpiece The Indian in Transition, where it serves as a visual representation of her surname (the anglicized version of “Odjig” is “Fisher”)

Packaging

Your two $2 commemorative circulation coins come packaged together in a colourful folder designed for easy handling, viewing and sharing.

Specifications

Face Value: $2
Mintage: 5,000
Composition: -
Weight (g): 6.99
Diameter (mm): 28
Finish: BU