No, it's made of gold-coloured metal called "aureate nickel".
The price of gold has been between $1000 and $1900 an ounce for a long time, so if you think about it for a couple of seconds, it would make absolutely no sense for H. M. government to mint millions of coin each worth hundreds of dollars and put them into circulation at a buck each.
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If it's a gold-colored "Loon" dollar, it has no silver at all. "Loonies" minted in 2001 are made of brass-plated nickel.
No, loonies (the Canadian one-dollar coins) are not magnetic. They are made of a nickel-brass alloy, which does not exhibit magnetic properties. While some coins may contain small amounts of magnetic materials, loonies themselves do not respond to magnets.
The duration of Loonies is 1.5 hours.
Loonies was created on 2002-10-10.
Assuming you have a gold-colored "Loonie" coin, it's only worth face value. Like the Sacagawea and Presidential dollars in this country, it's not made of gold. 1990 Loonies are made of nickel plated with a gold-colored brass alloy.
25 loonies come in a roll.
Loonies - 2014 was released on: USA: 2014 (internet)
There are 100 Canadian one-dollar coins, known as "loonies," in a pound.
Lighthouse Keeping Loonies was created on 1975-03-31.
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There are 25 $1.00 Canadian Loonie Coins in a roll.