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Extremely Low Mintage!   |
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I have a similar item, actually struck as a medal, that has the loon on one side, and Brian Mulroney (with a very large chin) on the other. The coin looks like a loon dollar, but has the denomination 69 cents on it (I assume to immortalize the first time the Canadian dollar fell below 70 cents US$...)
"Discovery follows discovery, each both raising and answering questions, each ending a long search, and each providing the new instruments for a new search." -- J. Robert OppenheimerContent of this post is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses...0/deed.en_USMy eBay store
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I believe you may have posted it a couple of years back.
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Our poor loonie, crapping out.
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I believe you may have posted it a couple of years back. I think that is my GST loonie medal you are thinking of...  "Discovery follows discovery, each both raising and answering questions, each ending a long search, and each providing the new instruments for a new search." -- J. Robert OppenheimerContent of this post is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses...0/deed.en_USMy eBay store
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Rest in Peace
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If by any chance anyone has one of those for sale I would appreciate a PM. Collecting as a "sales tax token" although I realize GST is considerably different.
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Australia
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My humourous relief is very high!
Thankyou for your healthy cynicism. Helps to keep us all commonsensical and level headed.
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That chin just kills me!  |
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United States
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Amazing how the Loon tanked in the past months. Well, it's just the pendulum swigging backward. 15 years ago my Canadian dollar was only worth 62 cents. Almost back to normal...
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It kills cross border shopping fore sure. We suppose to have enough ours, manufactured here. No need cross border. Not against, but un-necessary. |
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There is pretty funny Pierre Trudeau token too, but since it immortalised his famous "gesture", and this _is_ a family-friendly forum, I cannot show the token. But there will be one for sale on Sean Isaac's (Alliance Coin & Banknote) upcoming "wild-and-wacky" ebay sale... "Discovery follows discovery, each both raising and answering questions, each ending a long search, and each providing the new instruments for a new search." -- J. Robert OppenheimerContent of this post is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses...0/deed.en_USMy eBay store
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"Discovery follows discovery, each both raising and answering questions, each ending a long search, and each providing the new instruments for a new search." -- J. Robert OppenheimerContent of this post is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses...0/deed.en_USMy eBay store
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Canada
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I like it ! Doub loon on the Reverse and Doub L Chin on the Obverse Edited by darryldarryl
02/05/2016 7:51 pm
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sums up the time period nicely. I love the written caption. The artist was creative. I miss the 2 dollar bill. Just shows where our money was headed, its been down hill ever since. I am not a fan of the new plastic bills. We are missing the elegance of the older designs. |
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