Keep the Lucky Loonie legend alive!
At the Salt Lake City Olympic Winter Games in 2002. a loonie brought a stroke of good fortune to Canada when our men's and women's hockey teams skated to victory over a Lucky Loonie buried secretly beneath centre ice.
The Royal Canadian Mint is proud to issue this speciallv designed Lucky Loonie to celebrate a Canadian Olympic story. And to wish all of our Caiiadian athletes the very best of luck this winter 2006 in Torino.
The Coin
This special sterling silver proof aureate dollar contains 92.5 % silver. It is eleven-sided, has a diameter of 26.50 millimetres and weihs 7.00 grams.
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