REVERSE DESIGNS How Many Have You Found?

th Anniversary of Canada’s one-dollar coin

Canada’s one-dollar coin was introduced in 1987 as a cost-saving measure to replace the one-dollar banknote. Commonly known as the Loonie, the coin has featured many commemorative designs since its introduction 30 years ago.

COMMEMORATIVE REVERSE DESIGNS How many have you found?

1995 1994 Peacekeeping 1992 Remembrance 125th Anniversary of Canadian Confederation

Terry Fox became the rst Canadian-born individual featured on a Canadian circulation coin.

2005 2004 Terry Fox Lucky Loonie (Athens Summer Games)

The Canadiens are the rst Canadian professional sports team with a national following to turn 100.

2008 2009 2006 Lucky Loonie 100th Anniversary of Lucky Loonie (Beijing Summer Games) the Montreal Canadiens (Torino Winter Games)

Coin was unveiled by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, Queen of Canada and Commander-in-Chief of the Canadian Forces.

2010 2010 100th Anniversary of Lucky Loonie the Canadian Navy (Vancouver Winter Games)

2010 2011 2012 100th Anniversary of the 100th Anniversary of Lucky Loonie Saskatchewan Roughriders Parks Canada (London Summer Games)

This Loonie was used during the coin toss prior to each CFL® game in the lead-up to and during the 100th Grey Cup.

2016 2014 2012 Lucky Loonie Lucky Loonie 100th Grey Cup (Rio Summer Games) (Sochi Winter Games)

For Canada’s 150th, Canadians were invited to design all ve 2017 circulation coins and vote on their favourite.

2016 2017 100th Anniversary of 150th Anniversary Women’s Right to Vote of Canadian Confederation

DID YOU KNOW? LOST IN TRANSIT The Loonie as we know it was never meant to be. When the original master dies of a one-dollar coin depicting a voyageur were lost, the Government of Canada authorized a new design, the loon, to preserve the integrity of the Canadian coinage system. A LEGEND IS BORN THE BIG LOONIE A Loonie was buried at In 1992, the town of Echo Bay, centre ice prior to the 2002 Ontario constructed a Loon Dollar Olympic Winter Games in Monument to honor Robert R. Salt Lake City to bring good Carmichael, a resident of the luck to Canada’s gold medal- village and artist responsible winning men’s and for the coin’s 1987 women’s hockey design. teams.

WORLD CLASS INNOVATION

SINCE 2012, THE MINT’S TECHNOLOGICAL IMPROVEMENTS TO THE LOONIE HAVE MADE IT ONE OF THE MOST SECURE COINS IN THE WORLD. LASER MARK MICRO ENGRAVING

MULTI PLY PLATED STEEL

LOONIE BY THE NUMBERS

Over 205 million coins, the most of any year, BILLION were produced in one-dollar coins have been produced since 1987. YEARS

is the lifespan of a one-dollar coin.

is the weight of a Loonie. SIDES A single coin is about as The Loonie is the only heavy as a sheet of paper. non-circular coin among g Canadian currency.

FLIGHT PATH SIDE BY SIDE, ALL OF THE LOONIES EVER MINTED COULD SPAN ACROSS CANADA’S ENTIRE NATIONAL HIGHWAY SYSTEM! THAT’S MORE THAN 37,000 KILOMETRES.