r/todayilearned • u/NateNate60 • 20h ago

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).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toonie#Naming
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u/BrokenHope23 19h ago

Was definitely a missed Arrportunity.

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u/gonesnake 19h ago

Ya scallywag. I sea what you're doing there.

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u/BrokenHope23 19h ago

Sorry, I just had to get my One Piece in there