It’s called a one dollar coin. It has a picture of a loon on it so it gained the nickname loonie. It was made “official” in 2006, 19 years after it was first released. A toonie (the correct spelling) is a two dollar coin that came out in 1996. Calling it a toonie is joke. And I mean that as in an actual joke, ha ha type of thing. A two dollar coin is worth two loonies, so it’s a toonie. We’re probably one of the few countries who named their money on a joke.
It’s called a one dollar coin. It has a picture of a loon on it so it gained the nickname loonie. It was made “official” in 2006, 19 years after it was first released. A toonie (the correct spelling) is a two dollar coin that came out in 1996. Calling it a toonie is joke. And I mean that as in an actual joke, ha ha type of thing. A two dollar coin is worth two loonies, so it’s a toonie. We’re probably one of the few countries who named their money on a joke.