Canadian silver dollar
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The Canadian silver dollar was first issued by the Royal Canadian Mint in 1935 to commemorate the Silver Jubilee of King George V. The coin's reverse design was sculpted by Emanuel Hahn and portrays a
The three strikes of the 1911 silver dollar on display at the Bank of Canada Museum: the lead trial strike (left), the "Emperor of Canadian Coins" (centre) and the loan from the Royal Mint Museum (right).
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
Canadian silver dollar
…faint lines in the background represent the Northern Lights. The voyageur design was used on the dollar until 1986. It was then replaced with the 1987 Canadian 1-dollar coin (colloquially known as the "loonie"). 1967 marked the end of the silver dollar as a business strike, or a coin issued for circulation. After 1967, the…
The Big Loonie in Echo Bay, Ontario