2025 Canada $2 Mixed Celebrating the Life and Art of Daphne Odjig Regular Wrapped Roll of 25pcs

2025 Canada $2 Mixed Celebrating the Life and Art of Daphne Odjig Regular Wrapped Roll of 25pcs

It is not possible to know the number of coloured and non-coloured coins are contained in each roll.

Art as a force for change: Daphne Odjig.

Daphne Odjig (1919-2016) was not only one of the most celebrated artists active in Canada in the 20th century, but a pathbreaking advocate for Indigenous art and culture. Her immense portfolio includes everything from minimalist fine-line sketches to massive paintings blazed with bold colour.

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 is honoured on all 25 coins contained in this Special Wrap Roll. Enhanced with colour, each $2 coin’s reverse pays tribute to her legacy as a creative force for change.

Celebrate the artist and cultural activist who reshaped perceptions.

In addition to being celebrated for her decades-spanning portfolio, Daphne Odjig was a founding member of the Professional Native Indian Artists Inc. (PNIAI)—a collective that redefined the place of Indigenous art in the art world – and established one of the first Indigenous-owned art galleries in Canada.

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”)

Specifications:
Composition: Outer Ring: Three-ply nickel-plated steel; Inner Core: Three-ply brass-plated aluminum bronze 
Mintage: 10,000
Weight: 6.99 g (per coin)
Diameter: 28 mm (per coin)
Finish: Circulation
Edge: Interrupted serrations
Face Value: $2 (per coin)
Artists: Daphne Odjig (reverse), Steven Rosati (obverse)