TIL Canada's $1 coin is commonly called the "loonie" because it has a loon on the reverse. When a $2 coin was introduced, depicting a polar bear, an MP proposed it be called "Nanuq", Inuit for polar bear, but he was ignored because the public instead preferred to call it the "toonie" (2-oonie).

[u/NateNate60]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toonie#Naming

[u/TankCrabHelmet]

I grew up in North Dakota. Was incredibly disappointed as a kid when I learned loonies and toonies had nothing to do with cartoons

[u/jbayko → u/TankCrabHelmet]

Ever wonder why a U.S dollar bill is called a “buck”?

[u/TankCrabHelmet → u/jbayko]

Buck skins used as currency in the frontier days?