2024 Inuit Nunangat Toonie
The 2024 Inuit Nunangat Toonie is a circulating toonie. Value band: face value. Here is how to recognize it, what makes one worth more and what to check on yours.
- Year
- 2024
- Circulation mintage
- Not published
- Value band
- Face value
- Designer
- Tegan Voisey, Thomassie Mangiok, Charlotte Karetak and Mary Okheena
Original illustration of the coin's shape and metal. Tap to flip. Not a picture of the actual design.
Face value · Small premium · Collector premium · Significant rarity. We use bands because prices change daily.
What is a 2024 Inuit Nunangat Toonie worth?
the 2024 Inuit Nunangat Toonie is easy to find. A circulated one is worth face value; collectors pay a little more only for uncirculated coins.
What would make yours worth more:
- Uncirculated condition
- Colored versions from collector packs
- Specimen or proof finish from a Mint set
For market prices, look at recent sold results for the same coin in the same condition, not asking prices.
Quick answers
- Is the 2024 Inuit Nunangat Toonie rare?
- No. It was made in large numbers, so circulated examples are worth face value.
- How many 2024 Inuit Nunangat Toonie coins were made?
- The Royal Canadian Mint has not published a circulation figure in our source.
- Who designed the 2024 Inuit Nunangat Toonie?
- The design is credited to Tegan Voisey, Thomassie Mangiok, Charlotte Karetak and Mary Okheena.
- What is the 2024 Inuit Nunangat Toonie made of?
- Bimetallic multi-ply plated steel. It weighs 6.92 g and measures 28 mm.
- Is the 2024 Inuit Nunangat Toonie still legal tender?
- Yes. Every toonie, commemoratives included, is legal tender in Canada.
Why the 2024 Inuit Nunangat Toonie was made
Inuit Nunangat is the Inuit homeland in Canada, a term that takes in the land, water and ice. It is made up of four regions: Nunatsiavut in northern Labrador, Nunavik in northern Quebec, Nunavut and the Inuvialuit Settlement Region in the western Arctic. Together they cover a huge share of Canada's land mass and much of its coastline, with communities that have lived there for many generations and keep strong ties to the sea and the animals it supports.
The Royal Canadian Mint's 2024 toonie was created to celebrate Inuit Nunangat and it was designed in a way that reflects the place itself. Four Inuit artists contributed, one representing each of the four regions, so the coin brings the whole homeland together on a single piece of metal. It went into general circulation, putting Inuit art and stories into the pockets of people across the country. For anyone who collects coins with Indigenous designs, it sits naturally beside the 1999 Nunavut toonie. The source for this page publishes no circulation mintage for the coin.
How to recognize it
The core features Nuliajuk, the spirit of the sea, surrounded, clockwise, by a walrus, two beluga whales, a seal and an Arctic char. The outer ring shows four regionally specific uluit, the curved knives traditionally used by Inuit women, on one side and the lettering 'Inuit Nunangat' on the other. Between the maple leaf security features at the bottom of the coin is a pattern drawn from Inuit tattooing and clothing traditions. The artists were Tegan Voisey, Thomassie Mangiok, Charlotte Karetak and Mary Okheena. Look for the sea spirit among the animals and the four uluit on the ring.
2024 Inuit Nunangat Toonie by the numbers
The Royal Canadian Mint has not published a circulation figure for the 2024 Inuit Nunangat Toonie in our source, so it cannot be ranked against other toonies yet.
2024 brought 1 other circulating toonie design.
What to check on your 2024 Inuit Nunangat Toonie
- Confirm the design: the Inuit Nunangat reverse dated 2024, in a silver-colored ring with a gold-colored center.
- Check whether it has added color. Colored toonies came from collector products or special circulation releases; keep them out of rough handling.
- Look at the join between ring and core. It should be tight and even; a loose or damaged core is damage, not a rarity.
- Specimen and proof toonies from Mint sets have satin or mirror finishes that circulation coins never have.
No circulation mintage was published in the source, so this coin cannot be ranked by numbers. It was issued for everyday use and circulated examples are face value. The design is full of small animals and fine patterning, which makes condition easy to judge: if the walrus's tusks, the belugas and the tattoo pattern are all sharp, you have a well-preserved coin. A bright, unmarked example can carry a small premium. Look closely at the uluit on the ring too, because ring details take the brunt of contact with other coins.
Mintage chart
Specifications
| Country | Canada |
|---|---|
| Denomination | 2 dollars |
| Issuer | Royal Canadian Mint |
| Year | 2024 |
| Circulation mintage | Not published |
| Composition | Bimetallic multi-ply plated steel |
| Weight | 6.92 g |
| Diameter | 28 mm |
| Shape | Round |
| Edge | Intermittent milling |
| Designer | Tegan Voisey, Thomassie Mangiok, Charlotte Karetak and Mary Okheena |
Other 2024 toonies
| Coin | Circulation mintage | Value band |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 RCAF Centennial Toonie | – | Face value |
Frequently asked questions
What is on the Inuit Nunangat toonie?
Nuliajuk, the spirit of the sea, with a walrus, two belugas, a seal and an Arctic char. The ring shows four uluit and the words 'Inuit Nunangat', plus a pattern from Inuit tattooing and clothing.
Who designed the 2024 Inuit Nunangat toonie?
Four Inuit artists, one for each region of Inuit Nunangat: Tegan Voisey, Thomassie Mangiok, Charlotte Karetak and Mary Okheena. Their combined design celebrates Nunatsiavut, Nunavik, Nunavut and the Inuvialuit Settlement Region.
Mintage figures: Toonie (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0), compiled from Royal Canadian Mint figures. How we build these pages.