The new toonie began circulating this week, but the surest way to get your hands on one is at a coin exchange, at the Royal Canadian Mint. It will be held in their boutique Oct. 4-6, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
“If you love planes, this is the coin for you,” Alex Reeves, senior manager – Public Affairs, Royal Canadian Mint told CTV News Ottawa Thursday.
The coin was unveiled this week at 17 Wing, Canadian Forces Base Winnipeg.
The special $2 coin depicts stylized RCAF aircraft that have played key security roles in Canada and around the world.
The coin has the RCAF roundel above a soaring Model H of the CC-130 Hercules, the mainstay of the RCAF transport fleet for more than 60 years, according to a press release.
“So, it’s really a question of showing the long and broad, history of the RCAF, and how it …