1 dollar — Canada (1997) — 10th Anniversary of Loonie Dollar: Flying Loon

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

Other items of the period

• 1996
• 100 dollars (1996) — Klondike Gold Rush Centennial KM# 273
• 150 dollars (1996) — Canada's endangered species: Peregrine Falcon KM# 280
• 200 dollars (1996) — Transcontinental Landscape KM# 275
• 300 dollars (1996) — Canada's endangered species: Peregrine Falcon KM# 281
• 1997–2003
• 1 cent (1997–2003) — 3rd portrait; bronze Charlton# RC-204
  3rd portrait
• 1997
• 10 cent (1997) — The 500th Anniversary of Caboto's First Transatlantic Voyage KM# 299
• 1997–2003
• 50 cent (1997–2003) KM# 290
  3rd portrait; Silver
• 1997
• 50 cent (1997) — Duck Tolling Retriever KM# 292
• 50 cent (1997) — Labrador Retriever KM# 293
• 50 cent (1997) — Newfoundland KM# 294
• 50 cent (1997) — Eskimo Dog KM# 295
• 1 dollar (1997) — 25th Anniversary of Hockey Victory KM# 282
• 1 dollar (1997) — 10th Anniversary of Loonie Dollar: Flying Loon KM# 291
• 1 dollar (1997) — 10th Anniversary of Loonie Dollar KM# 296
• 20 dollars (1997) — Canadair F-86 Sabre KM# 297
• 20 dollars (1997) — Canadair CT-114 Tutor KM# 298
• 30 dollars (1997) — Canada's endangered species: Wood Bison KM# 300
• 50 dollars (1997) — Royal Canadian Mounted Police Anniversary KM# 305
• 75 dollars (1997) — Canada's endangered species: Wood Bison KM# 301
• 100 dollars (1997) — 150th anniversary of Bell's birth: Alexander Graham Bell KM# 287
• 150 dollars (1997) — Canada's endangered species: Wood Bison KM# 302
• 200 dollars (1997) — Raven Bringing Light to World KM# 288
• 300 dollars (1997) — Wood Bison KM# 303
• 1998
• 1 cent (1998) — Royal Canadian Mint, Antique finish KM# 309
• 1 cent (1998) — Royal Canadian Mint KM# 332