1 dollar — Canada (1997) — 10th Anniversary of Loonie Dollar: Flying Loon
KM# 291
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Special facts
A flying loon for the tenth anniversary of the loonie, a nickel dollar of 1997 in prooflike quality, designed by Jean-Luc Grondin.
About the period
The coins of Elizabeth II were struck from 1953 to 2022, almost seventy years in which four portraits of the queen succeeded one another: by Mary Gillick (1953–1964), Arnold Machin (1965–1989), Dora de Pédery-Hunt (1990–2003), the first portrait by a Canadian sculptor, and Susanna Blunt (from 2003). More about the period “Elizabeth II”, 1952 — 2022
Coins and banknotes of this year: 1997
Specifications
- Period
- Elizabeth II
- Currency
- 1 dollar = 100 cent
- Issue type
- Collector
- Mint mark
- Royal Canadian Mint, Canada
- Metal
- Nickel (bronze plated)
- Diameter
- 26.5 mm
- Thickness
- 1.9 mm
- Weight
- 7.0 g
- Shape
- Polygonal
- Orientation
- Medal (↑↑)
Variants
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Other items of the period
- 1996
- 100 dollars — Klondike Gold Rush Centennial KM# 273
- 150 dollars — Canada's endangered species: Peregrine Falcon KM# 280
- 200 dollars — Transcontinental Landscape KM# 275
- 300 dollars — Canada's endangered species: Peregrine Falcon KM# 281
- 1997–2003
- 1 cent — 3rd portrait; bronze Charlton# RC-204 3rd portrait
- 1997
- 10 cent — The 500th Anniversary of Caboto's First Transatlantic Voyage KM# 299
- 1997–2003
- 50 cent KM# 290a 3rd portrait; Silver
- 1997
- 50 cent — Duck Tolling Retriever KM# 292
- 50 cent — Labrador Retriever KM# 293
- 50 cent — Newfoundland KM# 294
- 50 cent — Eskimo Dog KM# 295
- 1 dollar — 25th Anniversary of Hockey Victory KM# 282
- 1 dollar — 10th Anniversary of Loonie Dollar: Flying Loon KM# 291
- 1 dollar — 10th Anniversary of Loonie Dollar KM# 296
- 20 dollars — Canadair F-86 Sabre KM# 297
- 20 dollars — Canadair CT-114 Tutor KM# 298
- 30 dollars — Canada's endangered species: Wood Bison KM# 300
- 50 dollars — Royal Canadian Mounted Police Anniversary KM# 305
- 75 dollars — Canada's endangered species: Wood Bison KM# 301
- 100 dollars — 150th anniversary of Bell's birth: Alexander Graham Bell KM# 287
- 150 dollars — Canada's endangered species: Wood Bison KM# 302
- 200 dollars — Raven Bringing Light to World KM# 288
- 300 dollars — Wood Bison KM# 303
- 1998
- 1 cent — Royal Canadian Mint, Antique finish KM# 309
- 1 cent — Royal Canadian Mint KM# 332
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