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.

Add Daphne Odjig’s art to your collection.

Good to know

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.

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”)

Limited supply. A total of 50,000 keepsake cards are available worldwide.

Did you know?

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.

About the design

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

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.

Product # 246178

Commemorative Collector Keepsake Card - Celebrating the Life and Art of Daphne Odjig (2025)