Loonie

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In Canada, the loonie (French: huard), 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 minted by the Royal Canadian Mint at its facility in Winnipeg. The most prevalent versions of the coin show a common loon, a bird found throughout most of Canada, on the reverse and Queen Elizabeth II, the nation's head of state at the time of the coin's issue, on the obverse. Various commemorative and specimen-set editions of the coin with special designs replacing the loon on the reverse have been minted over the years. Beginning in December 2023, a new version featuring King Charles III entered circulation. The coin's outline is an 11-sided Reuleaux polygon. Its diameter of 26.5 mm (1.04 in) and its 11-sidedness match that of the already-circulating Susan B. Anthony dollar in the United States, and its thickness of 1.95 mm (0.077 in) is a close match to that coin's 2.0 mm (0.079...

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