Canada 2000 2 dollars KM-399

from the Stack's Bowers 2019 NYINC sale, lot 42407

This specimen was lot 42407 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2019), where it sold for $240. The catalog description^[1] noted, "CANADA. 2 Dollars, 2000. ANACS PROOF-68 HEAVY CAMEO. A visually captivating bi-metallic issue (largely comprised of gold and silver), illustrating a mother and her two cubs as a representation of the transfer of knowledge from older generations to younger ones."

Recorded mintage: 1,500 in base metal plus 39,768 in bimetallic silver/gold and 5,881 in gold.

Specification: KM 399a: 8.52 g, 28 mm diameter, silver/gold, .1858 oz AGW.

Catalog reference: KM 399 (base metal), KM-399a (silver/gold, shown here), KM 399b (6.31 g, gold).

Source:

• Friedberg, Arthur L. and Ira S. Friedberg, Gold Coins of the World, From Ancient Times to the Present, 9th ed., Clifton, NJ: Coin and Currency Institute, 2017.
• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• ^[1]Ponterio, Richard, Kyle Ponterio, Matt Orsini and Cris Chatigny, The January 2019 NYINC Sale: Ancient Coins, World Coins & Paper Money, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2018.

Link to:

• 1999 gold 2 dollars
• 2000-P 10 cents
• 2000 25 cents, millennium
• 2000 5 dollars, 1/10 gold Maple Leaf
• 2000 100 dollars, McClure's Arctic expedition in the Northwest
• 2000 200 dollars, Inuit mother
• Coins and currency dated 2000
• return to coins of Canada