New Loonie Commemorative Circulating Coin Celebrating Elsie Macgill

Just saw a commercial for it. I like it.

I will definitely be picking these two loonies up, but NOT from the RCM. $25CAD is a little too pricy for me to buy the 7-count card, especially when I've already picked up the 'NIFC five' twice with two other cards I bought earlier this year. I will wait until they are on ebay for around $6 for the pair.

Not a bad play.

Coin Exchange Event @ RCM Winnipeg

https://www.facebook.com/events/244...562055141816

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I was at the unveiling;
I am a member of the Calgary Numismatic Society, and members of the CNS were invited to attend;
I didn't realize when I went there, that it was going to be "The" debut of a new design coin.

Before the event started I spoke to the president of the mint (but I found her to be a bit rude; she tried to completely ignore me while talking to my kids - mostly my daughter).

The chair of the board for the RCM (Mrs Clark) was also in attendance;
With the understandable focus on women from the podium, I found Mrs Clark's speech to be the most balanced, and liked hearing from her probably the most.
I realize that women have had an uphill battle in some sectors, but many speakers get caught up in lifting up women at the expense of diminishing the trials and efforts of boys who might aspire to a similar career as Mrs Macgill;
Only Mrs Clark seemed to be interested in acknowledging the efforts of both girls AND boys - which was (as the father of a boy and a girl - both in attendance) was really nice to hear - I have found myself a little more aware people showing gender bias these days...

Mrs Macgills' grandson added some humour and down to earth memories which seemed to deflate the 'pomp and circumstance' (if that conveys the feeling of the event accurately) of the other speakers.

We were quite pleased at the nice design, and that all three of us left with examples of both versions of the new loonies.

I will definitely be picking one of these up. I have circulating Loonies complete except this one. I'll get mine off ebay. I've discovered that the cheapest way to get Canadian coins is to buy them from Canadian ebay dealers. No import taxes/duties on coins and my state doesn't charge sales tax on coins.

. Great score. Congrats. They look great. Oh...will you take another pic with them in Finger 4 formation please. That would look perfect.

@loonielewy, I will be getting 5 more this week with my brother and yes I will post it in the finger 4 formation. The 5 today are already in 2x2's, sorry.

The lady on the right did my coin exchange this afternoon. This pic is from the Tourism Winnipeg instagram posting.