4157) Daphne Odjig (1919-2016) Canadian First Nations artist of Odawa-Potawatomi-English heritage, Canada: Royal Canadian Mint (RCM) has issued a circulating commemorative $2
coin highlighting her contribution to the Arts: Date/Year of Coin issue: 04.09.2025:
New Generation Coin Series:
Canada’s 2025 circulating ringed-bimetallic $2
commemorative coin recognises the late Canadian artist Daphne Odjig.
Daphne Odjig was a Canadian First Nations artist of Odawa-Potawatomi-English heritage. Odjig’s paintings are often characterised as Woodlands Style or as the pictographic style. Born Sept. 11, 1919, in Wikwemikong, Ontario, Canada, Odjig passed away on Oct. 1, 2016, age 97, in Kelowna, Ontario.
Odjig was one of the most influential indigenous artists active in Canada during the second half of the 20th century.
Odjig’s birthplace, Wikwemkong, is in Wiikwemkoong Unceded Territory, Manitoulin Island, Ontario.
Though traditional cultural practices were illegal in Canada during much of her youth, she grew up in a community with a strong sense of First Nations art and culture.
Odjig was especially influenced by her grandfather Jonas Odjig, who was himself a carver, as well as a great source of traditional stories and cultural knowledge.
After moving to Toronto in the early 1940s, Odjig began exploring the city’s galleries and libraries, finding inspiration.
She developed her art while working and raising a family in British Columbia and Manitoba and experienced a cultural awakening at the 1964 Wiikwemkoong Pow Wow.
Odjig became renowned for minimalist fine-line sketches and massive, richly coloured paintings representing traditional knowledge and the historical experiences of First Nations people.
Odjig’s works and those of her contemporaries helped transform perceptions of indigenous art, advocating for their place in the world of fine art.
Odjig was also one of the founding members of Professional Native Indian Artists Inc. Fellow indigenous art titans Alex Janvier, Norval Morrisseau, Jackson Beardy, Carl Ray, Eddy Cobiness, and Joseph Sanchez lobbied with Odjig for inclusion, recognition, and equal access to art funding. Their creative work and activism collectively and at once reflected and contributed to the revitalization of indigenous culture that marked the second half of the 20th century.
The Bimetallic Coin:
Plain and colourised versions of a ringed bimetallic $2
coin have been issued by the Royal Canadian Mint (RCM) on the artist Daphne Odjig.
The outer ring of the ringed-bimetallic $2 coin is
multi-ply nickel-plated steel, and the inner core is multi-ply brass-plated
aluminum bronze.
The edge lettering CANADA and 2 DOLLARS are engraved
incuse into the third side of the coin (the edge). The lettering is separated
by short sections of serrations, also known as “interrupted serrations.”
For the Reverse of the $2 (Two Dollars) 2025 circulating commemorative coin, the RCM adapted Odjig’s 1977 work, The Folk Singer.
The colourised version of the coin features a cropped view, at its centre, of a female figure holding a drum, while the outer ring bears an engraved reproduction of the artist’s stylised drawing of a fisher (the English translation of “Odjig” is “Fisher”). This image appears above Odjig’s signature on her 1978 masterpiece, The Indian in Transition.
The Obverse of the $2 (Two Dollars) 2025 circulating commemorative coin carries the effigy facing left of King Charles III by Canadian artist Steven Rosati.
The coin entered general circulation in Canada on Sept.
4.
Highlights:
- Coin availability: Limited to a mintage of three million coins, of which two
million will be colourised, the new $2 circulation coin will reach Canadians
through their change in bank transactions and as businesses replenish their
inventories of $2 coins.
- The colourised and plain versions of the circulation coin
can also be collected in a two-piece set.
- A Collector Keepsake Card is packaged in a richly
illustrated folder. Special Wrap rolls of 25 $2 circulation coins each, in
colourised or uncolourised versions, are also available.
- A colourised fine silver collector coin is also being
issued in conjunction with the circulation coin.
- The 2025 Folk Singer .999 fine silver $20 coin employs an
image by Daphne Odjig, a view of Odjig’s female figure holding a drum, framed
by a bird motif.
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