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Loonie is the name Canadian s gave the gold-coloured, bronze-plated, one-dollar Coin shortly after its introduction. It bears images of a Common Loon , a well-known Canadian bird, on the Reverse , and of Queen Elizabeth II on the Obverse . The design for the coin was meant to be a 1987 , and circulation of the One-dollar Banknote was intentionally reduced at the same time to forestall any reluctance by the public to accept the new coin. As a result, the introduction of the coin was successful in achieving public acceptance in a fairly smooth fashion. The coin has become the symbol of its currency. Newspapers will often discuss the rate at which the ''loonie'' is trading against the United States Dollar . The nickname ''loonie'' (''huard'' in French), initially a slang term for the Canadian Dollar , became so widely recognized that in 2006 the Royal Canadian Mint secured the rights to the name "Loonie". The loon portrait is slightly inaccurate. The loon's body is sitting too high on the water, much like a Mallard duck's body. The coin is made of Aureate, a Bronze - Electroplated Nickel combination. The total composition of the coin is 91.5% nickel and 8.5% bronze. The bronze is about 88% Copper and 12% Tin . COMMEMORATIVE EDITIONS The design has been changed several times for commemorative editions: dollar]] SPECIMEN SET VARIANT DOLLARS FIRST STRIKES THE LUCKY LOONIE In recent years, the golden-coloured loonie became associated with Canada's winning and Women's hockey teams would win gold in the tournament, the men's 50 years to the day after their last gold medal victory. Following the Games, Team Canada executive director Wayne Gretzky recovered the coin and gave it to the Hockey Hall Of Fame . A loonie was also used at the IIHF World Hockey Championships between Canada and Sweden on May 11, 2003. This lucky loonie is known affectionately as the Helsinki Loonie. It was hidden surreptitiously before the Gold-Medal hockey game and helped Team Canada to victory. After forward Anson Carter scored against Swedish goaltender Mikael Tellqvist in overtime to win the World Hockey Championship for Canada, Team Canada officials admitted they had placed a Loonie in the padding beneath the crossbar of the Swedish net. http://www.hhof.com/html/newsloon2.shtml The legend is also prevalent in Curling , as the Kevin Martin rink at the same Olympics had won silver medals on a sheet with silver-coloured quarters underneath the surface. At the 2006 Winter Olympics , the Canadian icemakers in the Curling Tournament buried two loonies, one at each end of the sheet — coincidentally, Brad Gushue would win the gold medal there. In the same Olympics, the icemakers at the Hockey Tournament announced that they would not bury a loonie under the ice. The men's team finished out of the medals while the women's team won gold. This legend is kept alive by the Royal Canadian Mint , which has since issued specially-designed "Lucky Loonies" for each year the summer and winter Olympics Games are held. Two new Olympic-themed loonies are due to be released in commemoration of the 2010 Winter Olympics being held in Vancouver - Whistler . TRIVIA
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