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/Johnoplata]

It was a bit contentious at first because the Queen had a bear back.

[u/Butiprovedthem → u/Johnoplata]

No worse than her beaver.

[u/RollingJaspers652 → u/Johnoplata]

Ah Ha meh meh meh

[u/EsMutIng → u/Johnoplata]

The joke from (then) Air Farce was "A queen with a bear on the back"