Two dollars (Toonie) (Canada)
Value:	2.00 CAD
Mass:	7.3 g
Diameter:	28 mm
Thickness:	1.8 mm
Edge:	Intermittent milled/smooth
Composition:	outer ring   99% Ni inner core   92% Cu,   6% Al,   2% Ni ISO 4217 Code CAD User(s) Canada Inflation 2. ... BIC pen cap, about 1 gram. ... A millimetre (American spelling: millimeter), symbol mm is an SI unit of length that is equal to one thousandth of a metre. ... General Name, Symbol, Number nickel, Ni, 28 Chemical series transition metals Group, Period, Block 10, 4, d Appearance lustrous, metallic and silvery with a gold tinge Atomic mass 58. ... General Name, Symbol, Number copper, Cu, 29 Chemical series transition metals Group, Period, Block 11, 4, d Appearance metallic pinkish red Standard atomic weight 63. ... General Name, Symbol, Number aluminium, Al, 13 Chemical series poor metals Group, Period, Block 13, 3, p Appearance silvery Standard atomic weight 26. ... General Name, Symbol, Number nickel, Ni, 28 Chemical series transition metals Group, Period, Block 10, 4, d Appearance lustrous, metallic and silvery with a gold tinge Atomic mass 58. ...
Years of Minting:	1996–present
Catalog Number:	-
Obverse
Design:	Elizabeth II, Queen of Canada
Designer:	Susanna Blunt
Design Date:	2003
Reverse
Design:	Polar Bear in early summer on an ice floe
Designer:	Brent Townsend
Design Date:	1996

Toonie (sometimes spelled twoonie or twonie) is the nickname Canadians collectively gave their two-dollar coin; it is a portmanteau word combining the number "two" with the name of the loonie, Canada's one-dollar coin. In Canadian French it is sometimes known as a polar, to rhyme with huard, for loonie. Canadian two-dollar coin (Toonie), obverse, 2004 File links The following pages link to this file: Toonie Categories: Currency images ... Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Windsor; born 21 April 1926) is Queen of sixteen sovereign states, holding each crown and title equally. ... Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, Queen of Canada, wearing the Sovereigns insignia of the Order of Canada and the Order of Military Merit The style of the Canadian Sovereign has varied over the years. ... This page meets Wikipedias criteria for speedy deletion. ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Canadian two-dollar coin (toonie), reverse, 2004, high-res File links The following pages link to this file: Toonie Categories: Currency images ... Binomial name Ursus maritimus Phipps, 1774 Polar bear range Synonyms Thalarctos maritimus The polar bear (Ursus maritimus), also known as the white bear, northern bear, sea bear, ice bear or nanuq in some Inuit languages, is a species of bear that is native to the Arctic and the apex predator... Summer is a season of the year that is defined as beginning in June, and ending in September in the Northern Hemisphere. ... An icebreaker navigates through young (1 year old) sea ice Sea ice is formed from ocean water that freezes. ... Brent Townsend is a Canadian portrait artist who designed, in 1996, the most recent portrait of the Polar Bear in early summer on an ice floe on the current Canadian Toonie Categories: | ... 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... ISO 4217 Code CAD User(s) Canada Inflation 2. ... Look up portmanteau word in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... See also loony (short for lunatic), which is sometimes spelled loonie. Loonie is the unofficial but commonly-used name for Canadas gold-coloured, bronze-plated, one-dollar coin. ... Canadian French is an umbrella term for the dialects or varieties of French found in Canada [1] and areas of French Canadian settlement in the United States. ...

Introduced on February 19, 1996, the toonie is a bi-metallic coin which bears an image of a polar bear, by Campbellford, Ontario artist Brent Townsend, on the reverse. The obverse, like all other current Canadian coins, has a portrait of Queen Elizabeth II. It is the only coin in Canada to have the "ELIZABETH II / D.G. REGINA" in a different typeface; it is also the only coin to consistently bear its issue date on the obverse. February 19 is the 50th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... Binomial name Ursus maritimus Phipps, 1774 Polar bear range Synonyms Thalarctos maritimus The polar bear (Ursus maritimus), also known as the white bear, northern bear, sea bear, ice bear or nanuq in some Inuit languages, is a species of bear that is native to the Arctic and the apex predator... Campbellford is a town in Ontario, Canada, in the municipality of Trent Hills. ... Brent Townsend is a Canadian portrait artist who designed, in 1996, the most recent portrait of the Polar Bear in early summer on an ice floe on the current Canadian Toonie Categories: | ... The term obverse, and its opposite, reverse, describe the two sides of units of currency and many other kinds of two-sided objects, most often in reference to coins, but also to medals, drawings, old master prints and other works of art. ... The term obverse, and its opposite, reverse, describe the two sides of units of currency and many other kinds of two-sided objects, most often in reference to coins, but also to medals, drawings, old master prints and other works of art. ... Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Windsor; born 21 April 1926) is Queen of sixteen sovereign states, holding each crown and title equally. ...

Naming

When the coin was introduced a number of nicknames were suggested. Some of the early ones included bearly, the deuce and the doubloonie (a play on "double loonie" and the former Spanish doubloon coin). A joke refers to the coin as "The Queen with the Bear Behind", and thus the moonie. Another joke poked fun at the then-weak Canadian dollar to American dollar exchange rate by suggesting that the coin be called "the American silver dollar"^{[citation needed]}. Finally, the coin has been referred to as the Bouchard^{[citation needed]} (after Quebec separatist leader Lucien Bouchard), due to a few reports of the inside disc of the coin separating from the outside in early coins. The term doubloon (from Spanish doblón, meaning double) refers to a gold coin minted in Spain, Mexico, Peru, or Nueva Granada. ... The United States dollar is the official currency of the United States. ... Lucien Bouchard, PC , B.Sc , LL.B (born December 22, 1938 in Saint-Coeur-de-Marie, Quebec, Canada) is a Quebec lawyer, diplomat and politician. ...

Another angle to the name pairs the word "toonie" up with the "loonie" (one dollar coin) to complete the reference to "loonie toonie" or the famous and popular Looney Tunes cartoons; an indirect jibe at Canadian politicians who introduced the coins replacing the paper currency equivalents. Looney Tunes opening title Looney Tunes is a Warner Brothers animated cartoon series which ran in many movie theatres from 1930 to 1969. ...

The name "toonie" became so widely accepted that in 2006 the Royal Canadian Mint secured the rights to it. A competition to name the bear resulted in the name "Churchill", a reference to the common polar bear spottings in Churchill, Manitoba. Orthographic projection centred over Churchill Manitoba. ...

Commemorative Editions

1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... Motto: Nunavut Sannginivut (Inuktitut: Nunavut our strength or Our land our strength) Capital Iqaluit Largest city Iqaluit Official languages Inuktitut, Inuinnaqtun, English, French Government - Commissioner Ann Meekitjuk Hanson - Premier Paul Okalik (Consensus government) Federal representation in Canadian Parliament - House seats 1 (Nancy Karetak-Lindell) - Senate seats 1 (Willie Adams) Confederation... Motto: Nunavut Sannginivut (Inuktitut: Nunavut our strength or Our land our strength) Capital Iqaluit Largest city Iqaluit Official languages Inuktitut, Inuinnaqtun, English, French Government - Commissioner Ann Meekitjuk Hanson - Premier Paul Okalik (Consensus government) Federal representation in Canadian Parliament - House seats 1 (Nancy Karetak-Lindell) - Senate seats 1 (Willie Adams) Confederation... For other uses, see Inuit (disambiguation). ... 2000 (MM) was a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ...

First strikes

Trivia

• Many toonies in the first shipment of the coins were considered defective, because they could separate if struck hard or frozen, as the centre piece would shrink more than the outside. This problem quickly garnered media attention and eventually was believed to have been corrected, and the initial wave of so-called toonie popping blew over a few months after the coin's introduction. Although the public appears to believe the toonies were "corrected," the coins can still be separated if struck hard or frozen. Such a "separated coin" may still be redeemed at a bank for its face value; however, Canada's Currency Act explicitly prohibits the deliberate "break up" of "any coin"[2].

See also

• Canadian English

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