New Canadian circulation Commemoratives 2020

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Found some gazette notices about 3 thematic circulation strikes in colour and non-colour that should come out of Canada this year (i.e. 6 coins in total)

$1 75th anniversary of the United Nations Charter
(i) the obverse impression of which is to depict the effigy of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II by Susanna Blunt, with the initials “SB” on the bottom left-hand corner of the neckline, the inscriptions “ELIZABETH II” and “D∙G∙REGINA” to the left and right of the effigy, respectively, the inscription “DOLLAR” beneath the effigy, and beading around the circumference of the coin, and
(ii) the reverse impression of which is to depict a globe, with a red maple leaf covering the lower part of the globe, surrounded by two blue olive branches, a security mark consisting of a maple leaf within a maple leaf within a circle covering the top part of the globe, the artist’s initials "JK" to the right of the design, and, along the perimeter of the coin, at the top, the inscription "CANADA" with the inscription "1945-2020" below "CANADA", and at the bottom, the inscriptions "UN CHARTER" and "CHARTE DE L’ONU" to the left and right of the coin, respectively; and

Similar non-coloured coin will be issued as well
http://gazette.gc.ca/rp-pr/p2/2019/2019-06-12/html/sor-dors178-eng.html

$2 100th anniversary of the birth of Bill Reid
(i) the obverse impression of which is to depict, on the inner core of the coin, the effigy of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II by Susanna Blunt, with the initials “SB” on the bottom left-hand corner of the neckline, and, on the outer ring, a maple leaf centred at the top of the coin with the inscriptions “ELIZABETH II” and “D∙G∙REGINA” to its left and right, respectively, and the inscriptions “CANADA” and “2 DOLLARS” at the bottom of the coin; and
(ii) the reverse impression of which is to depict, on the inner core and overlapping onto the outer ring, a recreation of Bill Reid’s Xhuwaji / Haida Grizzly Bear artwork, with the inner core coloured in black, red and white and encircled by a ring, centred at the top on the outer ring, two virtual images of a maple leaf between two lines, and centred at the bottom on the outer ring, a banner, with the inscription "2020" centred on the banner, two security marks consisting of a maple leaf within a maple leaf, each within a circle on either side of "2020", the inscriptions "BILL" on the banner to the left of the left-hand security mark and "REID" on the banner to the right of the right-hand security mark and the inscriptions "CANADA" and "2 DOLLARS" on the edge of the coin, with a maple leaf before and after the inscription "CANADA"

Similar non-coloured coin will be issued as well
http://gazette.gc.ca/rp-pr/p2/2019/2019-06-12/html/sor-dors180-eng.html

$2 75th anniversary of the end of the Second World War
(i) the obverse impression of which is to depict, on the inner core of the coin, the effigy of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II by Susanna Blunt, with the initials “SB” on the bottom left-hand corner of the neckline, and, on the outer ring, a maple leaf centred at the top of the coin with the inscriptions “ELIZABETH II” and “D∙G∙REGINA” to its left and right, respectively, and the inscriptions “CANADA” and “2 DOLLARS” at the bottom of the coin, and
(ii) the reverse impression of which is to depict, centred on the inner core, a prominent blue capital “V” overlaid, in the centre, by a white flaming torch with red and orange flames, the inscriptions “1945” and “2020” on the left and right of the “V”, respectively, with a silver maple leaf under each of “1945” and “2020”, the artist’s initials “T.S” to the bottom right of the "V", centred at the top on the outer ring, two virtual images of a maple leaf between two lines, on the left and right of the outer ring, respectively, the inscriptions “VICTORY” and “VICTOIRE”, with inscriptions in Morse code reading “WE WIN WHEN WE WORK WILLINGLY” above and below “VICTORY” and “LA BONNE VOLONTÉ EST GAGE DE VICTOIRE” above and below “VICTOIRE” and, centred at the bottom of the outer ring, a banner, with two security marks consisting of a maple leaf within a maple leaf, each within a circle on each side of the centre of the banner, and the inscriptions “REMEMBER” on the banner to the left of the left-hand security mark and “SOUVENIR” on the banner to the right of the right-hand security mark, and the inscriptions “CANADA” and “2 DOLLARS” on the edge of the coin, with a maple leaf before and after the inscription “CANADA”

Similar non-coloured coin will be issued as well
http://gazette.gc.ca/rp-pr/p2/2019/2019-06-12/html/sor-dors179-eng.html

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