Canadian dollar
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The Canadian dollar is the official currency of Canada. There is no standard disambiguating form, but the abbreviations Can$, CA$ and C$ are frequently used for distinction from other currencies, part
A Province of Canada one-dollar note issued by the Colonial Bank of Canada, 1859
The Royal Canadian Mint production facility in Winnipeg
Five-cent coin, issued 1942
Five-cent coin, issued 1964
Loonie
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In Canada, the loonie, formally the one-dollar coin, is a gold-coloured Canadian coin introduced in 1987 that is worth one dollar. Its purpose was to replace the country's one-dollar bill. It is minte
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…symbol: ¢). Owing to the image of a common loon on its reverse, the country's dollar coin, and sometimes the dollar itself, may be referred to as the loonie by English-speaking Canadians and foreign exchange traders and analysts. Likewise, amongst French-speaking Canadians, the French word for loon, huard…
The Big Loonie in Echo Bay, Ontario