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An Archive of Lucky Loonie Launches |
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In both 2004 and 2006, Vancouver was lucky enough to be the venue for the official unveiling of each year's official Lucky Olympic Loonies by the Royal Canadian Mint. Since we are rapidly approaching 2008, we wonder if the honour will be a three-peat. To clear the decks from the index page of this site, we present photos from the past 2 events here. |
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 The 2004 Lucky Loonie Ceremony
In August, 2004, the Royal Canadian Mint took over General Motors Place to unveil the Olympic Lucky Loonie with a plethora of dignitaries in attendance. Here, Gold Medal winner Daniel Igali speaks to the crowd surrounded by representatives of the Mint, Federal and Provincial politicians and a young hockey player representing amateur sport. |
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Here are the photos we took, click on the small picture to open the larger version.
All photos © Dave Tinker, WhateverWerx Multimedia. |
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| Some photos of the launch of the 2006 Olympic Lucky Loonie Click on the picture to see the large image.
All photos by Sean Isaacs. |
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| Other Olympic related pages: Newsletters: Royal Canadian Mint releases Freestyle Skiing quarter |
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Coins: The Vancouver 2010 Olympic coins are available in our store. They are not available for shipment outside North America at this time. According to a page 4 article in the June 25, 2007 issue of Coin World , the Royal Canadian Mint now has an agreement, with the United States Olympic Committee, to allow sales of the Vancouver 2010 Olympic coins to the United States. It appears the coins are not yet available for delivery outside North America. The Vancouver 2010 Olympics 50-coin program, the largest yet for any country, started in February, but stalled in April, when Vanoc, the Vancouver Olympic organizers, and the Mint started enforcing a ban on sales outside Canada, as they had no distribution agreement in place with individual nations' Olympic Committees. Canadian and U.S. residents can now order the coins, and get information about them, by calling Brian Grant Duff at (604)684 4613. By order of Vanoc, we are not allowed to display, describe, or sell the coins on our website, on radio, or on television. No terms of the agreement with the U.S. Olympic Committee were available at the time the Coin World article was written. The Canadian Numismatic Society email newsletter has been hinting for some weeks that a distribution deal with the States was imminent. It appears we can now ship Vancouver 2010 Olympic coins and souvenir holders to clients in Canada and the United States. 2006 Proof Olympic Lucky Loony in a Bookmark |
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Stamps: 2003 2010 Olympic Overprint attached stamp booklet trio |
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