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The Loon, or Loony. From the picture of the Loon Duck on the obverse
They now use a $1 coin irreverently called a loonie because it carries a picture of a swimming loon.
Loonie is the nickname for the Canada dollar coin because it has a bird called the Loon on the back of the coin.
Which Canadian coins??? 1967 dollar ---- Canadian Goose 1967 cent ---- Dove Loonie ---- Loon
Currently we have a 1 dollar coin, We call it the Loonie as the first version released had a Loon on one side. Just to prove we like our little joke, when they introduced the 2 dollar coin we called it the toonie ( Two-nie )
The Loon. It is on Every Canadian one dollar coin. Which happens to be called a 'Loonie' Sources: I am Canadian
A Canadian loon. Hence the name "Looney". It is a type of bird/duck .. Whatever.
It's extremely real. In fact it's a regular circulation coin used in daily commerce. It replaced the $2 bill in the 1990s. Because the $1 coin features a loon (bird) it's popularly called a "loonie", so many Canadians refer to the $2 coin as a "twonie"
The one dollar Canadian coin is called a loonie or loony because the coin has a loon picture on one side. The toonie or toony is worth two lonnies because it is a two dollar coin.
A Canadian loon. Hence the name "Looney". It is a type of bird/duck .. Whatever.
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