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THE loonie, that brassy bird inhabiting millions of pockets and purses across Canada, has turned 25 years old -- a milestone being marked by the Royal Canadian Mint with the release of a new silver collector coin that finally gives the lonely lake-dweller a swimming companion. | The anniversary recalls the bizarre events surrounding the birth of the one-dollar coin in 1987, when the templates for the intended design -- the classic canoe scene used for decades on Canada
THE loonie, that brassy bird inhabiting millions of pockets and purses across Canada, has turned 25 years old — a milestone being marked by the Royal Canadian Mint with the release of a new silv
The Loonie turns 25
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