2025 Honouring Canada's Unknown Soldier Colourized $2 Coin Roll | Royal Canadian Mint

Saluting the one who represents the many.

Few symbols are more sacred than the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, and none more eloquently express the enduring consequences of war. The Unknown Soldier’s tomb is hallowed ground, and, every November 11, it becomes one of the focal points for our collective remembrance, grief and gratitude for Canada’s service members past, present, and future.

Designed by Mary-Ann Liu, sculptor of the tomb’s bronze relief, the 2025 $2 Honouring Canada’s Unknown Soldier Commemorative Circulation Coin calls all Canadians to remembrance. The 25 coins in each colourized Special Wrap Roll all feature the same view of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, backed by silhouettes of four sentries representing all Canadians who serve or have served, and with a red poppy of remembrance.

Marked by the poppy of remembrance.

COIN HIGHLIGHTS

• From the artist who designed the Tomb’s relief sculpture. The coin’s reverse was designed by Mary-Ann Liu, the B.C. artist who sculpted the bronze relief adorning the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, a national site of mourning and the focal point of collective remembrance in Canada.
• A 25th anniversary. The $2 Honouring Canada’s Unknown Soldier commemorative circulation coin commemorates the 25th anniversary of the repatriation of Canada’s Unknown Soldier and their reinterment at the National War Memorial in Ottawa. In the spirit of remembrance, the coin design honours those who serve, and those who have fallen.
• Same font. The words “TOMB OF THE UNKNOWN SOLDIER LA TOMBE DU SOLDAT INCONNU” are engraved in the same font that is etched on the tomb in Ottawa.
• Collect Canada’s circulation coins by the roll. Each colourized Special Wrap Roll contains 25 selectively colourized $2 Honouring Canada’s Unknown Soldier commemorative circulation coins, which come in a custom paper wrap. A non-colourized Special Wrap Roll of engraved-only $2 coins is also available—collect both versions!
• All are uncirculated coins. Inside each Special Wrap Roll, all 25 coins are uncirculated: they all have a newly minted quality and feature the same selectively colourized reverse design.
• Limited supply. Only 15,000 rolls available.

A RED POPPY

Each Colourized Special Wrap Roll contains 25 $2 coins featuring a red poppy that symbolizes service and sacrifice, mourning and remembrance.\

A VIEW OF THE REVERSE DESIGN, VISIBLE ON ONE OR BOTH ENDS OF THE ROLL

Each coin included in the Special Wrap Roll has a reverse and obverse design. The production process and quality assurance for uncirculated Special Wrap Rolls allows for either the reverse design on both ends, or the reverse design on one end and the obverse on the other. It is not possible for the Mint to guarantee or foresee which of the two versions will be shipped.

DID YOU KNOW?

Selected from among the 1,603 unknown Canadians buried in the vicinity of Vimy Ridge, the remains of Canada’s Unknown Soldier were exhumed from plot 8, Row E, Grave 7 in the Cabaret-Rouge British Cemetery in France, then taken by hearse to the Canadian National Vimy Memorial, where the official handover ceremony took place on May 25, 2000.

The original “Known unto God” grave marker was relocated to the Memorial Hall at the Canadian War Museum, where, weather permitting, sunlight shines directly on the headstone once a year, illuminating it at precisely 11 a.m. on Remembrance Day.

The gravesite in France is now marked by a stone marker bearing this inscription: “THE FORMER GRAVE OF AN UNKNOWN CANADIAN SOLDIER OF THE FIRST WORLD WAR. HIS REMAINS WERE REMOVED ON 25 MAY 2000 AND NOW LIE INTERRED AT THE NATIONAL WAR MEMORIAL IN OTTAWA CANADA“

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