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"Toonie" is a portmanteau word combining the number "two" with the name of the loonie, Canada's one-dollar coin.It is occasionally spelled "twonie" or "twoonie", but Canadian newspapers and the Royal Canadian Mint use the "toonie" spelling.
There are six denominations of Canadian circulation coinage in production: 5¢, 10¢, 25¢, 50¢, $1, and $2. Officially they are each named according to their value (e.g. "10-cent piece"), but in practice only the 50-cent piece is known by that name.
Fox is the first Canadian citizen to be featured on a circulated Canadian coin. There are versions that exist without grass on the reverse of the coin. [40] 2006 Olympic lucky loonie Jean-Luc Grondin 10,495,000 [41] Second lucky loonie. Released for the 2006 Winter Olympics held in Turin, Italy. 2008 Olympic lucky loonie Jean-Luc Grondin 10,000,000
The $2 “toonie” coin was first introduced on Feb. 19, 1996, to replace the $2 bill, according to the Royal Canadian Mint. ... But other $2 Canadian coins have been around a lot longer than ...
The one- and two-dollar coins, nicknamed the loonie and toonie. Canadian English, similar to American English, used the slang term "buck" for a former paper dollar. The Canadian origin of this term derives from a coin struck by the Hudson's Bay Company during the 17th century with a value equal to the pelt of a male beaver – a "buck". [12]
For the 2017 Canada 150 series, the Royal Canadian Mint held a contest titled My Canada, My Inspiration [12] to determine the reverse designs of the five circulating coins. The 50-cent coin would contain the Canadian Coat of Arms on the reverse, with the Canada 150 logo, designed by Ariana Cuvin, on the obverse, replacing Queen Elizabeth II. [13]
gloch/istockphotoWhen it comes to the Boy Scouts, most people think of campfires, knot-tying, and merit badges earned through team work, determination, and perhaps a bit of elbow grease. But for ...
The Reverse Side of the Giant Canadian two-dollar coin (Toonie) Monument-Campbellford-Ontario . Brent Townsend is a Canadian nature artist who in 1996 designed the portrait of a polar bear in early summer on an ice floe that appears on the current Canadian 2 dollar coin. [1] Born in Toronto, Townsend no longer lives in Campbellford, Ontario.