2024 RCAF Centennial Toonie
The 2024 RCAF Centennial 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
- Piu Yan Fong
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 RCAF Centennial Toonie worth?
the 2024 RCAF Centennial 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 RCAF Centennial Toonie rare?
- No. It was made in large numbers, so circulated examples are worth face value.
- How many 2024 RCAF Centennial Toonie coins were made?
- The Royal Canadian Mint has not published a circulation figure in our source.
- Who designed the 2024 RCAF Centennial Toonie?
- The design is credited to Piu Yan Fong.
- What is the 2024 RCAF Centennial Toonie made of?
- Bimetallic multi-ply plated steel. It weighs 6.92 g and measures 28 mm.
- Is the 2024 RCAF Centennial Toonie still legal tender?
- Yes. Every toonie, commemoratives included, is legal tender in Canada.
Why the 2024 RCAF Centennial Toonie was made
The Royal Canadian Air Force was formed on April 1, 1924. It grew enormously during the Second World War, when Canada was also home to the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan, which trained more than 131,000 aircrew from across the Commonwealth at airfields across the country. Canadian squadrons flew in Britain, Europe, North Africa and Asia and over the Atlantic. After the war the air force served through the Cold War, in NATO and in United Nations missions around the world.
In 1968 the separate services were unified into the Canadian Forces and from 1975 the air force was known as Air Command, but the historic name Royal Canadian Air Force was restored in 2011. For the centennial in 2024, the Royal Canadian Mint issued this circulating toonie, packed with aircraft from the force's first hundred years. Some of the coins have the RCAF roundel colored, adding a splash of red and blue to the design. The circulation mintage was not published in the source for this page, for either the colored or the plain version.
How to recognize it
Piu Yan Fong's design places a CC-130H Hercules transport in the center, with the RCAF roundel above it, colored on select coins. The real showpiece is the outer ring, which carries eight more RCAF aircraft from across the century: the Finch Mk. II, CSR-123 Otter, F-86 Sabre Mk. 6, CF-100 Canuck Mk. 5, CT-114 Tutor, CC-115 Buffalo, CF-188 Hornet and CH-146 Griffon. Putting artwork on the ring is unusual for a toonie and it makes this coin easy to spot. Look for the Hercules, the roundel and the ring of small aircraft. The 2024 date confirms it. Aviation fans will enjoy spotting each type, since the ring runs roughly from the early training biplane era to modern helicopters.
2024 RCAF Centennial Toonie by the numbers
The Royal Canadian Mint has not published a circulation figure for the 2024 RCAF Centennial Toonie in our source, so it cannot be ranked against other toonies yet.
It shared 2024 with 1 other circulating toonie design.
What to check on your 2024 RCAF Centennial Toonie
- Confirm the design: the RCAF Centennial 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.
With no circulation mintage published in the source, a comparison by numbers is not possible. The coin went into everyday change and circulated plain examples are face value. The tiny aircraft on the ring are the first details to wear, so they are the best test of condition: if you can pick out the Sabre and the Hornet clearly, the coin is in good shape. Coins with a bright, complete colored roundel attract more interest and a clean one can carry a small premium. Aviation enthusiasts collect this one as well as coin collectors.
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 | Piu Yan Fong |
Other 2024 toonies
| Coin | Circulation mintage | Value band |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 Inuit Nunangat Toonie | – | Face value |
Frequently asked questions
What planes are on the RCAF toonie?
A CC-130H Hercules in the center, with eight more on the ring: the Finch Mk. II, CSR-123 Otter, F-86 Sabre Mk. 6, CF-100 Canuck Mk. 5, CT-114 Tutor, CC-115 Buffalo, CF-188 Hornet and CH-146 Griffon.
Is there a colored RCAF toonie?
Yes. On select coins the RCAF roundel above the Hercules is colored. The plain version shows the same design without color. The source used here does not publish a circulation mintage for either version.
Mintage figures: Toonie (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0), compiled from Royal Canadian Mint figures. How we build these pages.