2 dollars 2016 - Battle of the Atlantic
By thecanadiannumismatist | Saturday, 21 June 2025
At a ceremony held aboard HMCS Sackville, the last of 123 Canadian corvettes to sail in the Second World War, the Royal Canadian Mint unveiled a two-dollar circulation coin commemorating the 75th anniversary of the Battle of the Atlantic.
HMCS Sackville served in the Royal Canadian Navy and later served as a civilian research vessel. She is now a museum ship located in Halifax, Nova Scotia, and the last surviving Flower-class corvette.
This coin was revealed before guests including veterans of the Battle of the Atlantic.
The Mint is privileged to be able to use its coins to share the inspiring stories of our veterans' selfless defense of our values.
On the 75th anniversary of a turning point for Canada in the Second World War, our new two-dollar circulation coin is giving millions of Canadians yet another story worth holding onto as we remember how our veterans, in the armed forces and the merchant navy, helped win the Battle of the Atlantic.
- Sandra Hanington, President and CEO of the Royal Canadian Mint
The reverse image of this circulation coin features the artwork of Canadian maritime artist Yves Bérubé. It depicts the many crucial actors in Canada's victory in the Battle of the Atlantic: an anti-aircraft gunman positioned on the deck of a Corvette; an Allied aircraft hunting enemy submarines; as well as a merchant ship whose vital cargo is protected by a nearby navy vessel on convoy duty.
The two-dollar circulation coin commemorating the 75th Anniversary of the Battle of the Atlantic was limited to a mintage of five million coins.
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