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Loonie

 * 1985 Considering a replacement
 * 1986 Gov't announces coin
 * 1986 Popular support for replacing bill
 * 1988 adoption rates
 * 1989
 * 1989 low popularity
 * 1990 mixed popularity
 * 2001 Popularity of Loonie
 * 2002 Lucky Loonie
 * 2007 20th anniversary
 * 2011 Story decrying rise of commemorative coins
 * 2012 Nickel replaced with steel
 * 2012 More on steel design

Introduction
The government announced on March 25, 1986, that the new dollar coin would be launched the following year as a replacement for the dollar bill, which would be phased out. It was expected to cost $31.8 million to produce the first 300 million coins, but through seigniorage (the difference between the cost of production and the coin's value), expected to make up to $40 million a year on the coins. From the proceeds, a total of $60 million over five years was dedicated toward funding the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary.

The failure of the Susan B. Anthony dollar coin in the United States had been considered and it was believed Americans refused to support the coin due to its similarity to their quarter coin and its lack of esthetic appeal. In announcing the new Canadian dollar coin, the government stated it would be the same overall size as the Susan B. Anthony coin – slightly larger than a quarter – to allow for compatibility with American manufactured vending machines, but would be eleven sided and gold coloured.

It was planned that the coin would continue using the voyageur theme of its predecessor, however the master dies that had been struck in Ottawa were lost in transit en route to the Mint's facility at Winnipeg. A Commons committee struck to investigate the loss discovered that the Mint had no documented procedures for transport of master dies and that it had shipped them via a local courier in a bid to save $43.50. It was also found to be the third time that the Mint had master dies within five years. An internal review by the Royal Canadian Mint argued that while a policy existed to ship the obverse and reverse dies separately, the new coins dies were packaged separately but were part of the same shipment. The Mint also disagreed with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police's contention that the dies were simply lost in transit. It believed the dies were stolen. The dies were never recovered.

Fearing the possibility of counterfeiting, the government approved a new design for the reverse, replacing the voyageur with a Robert-Ralph Carmichael design of a common loon floating in water. The coin was immediately nicknamed the "loonie" across English Canada, and became known as a "huard", French for "loon", in Quebec. The loonie entered circulation on June 30, 1987, as 40 million coins were introduced into major cities across the country, though an error by the banks resulted in some Calgary residents receiving the coins one week earlier. Over 800 million loonies had been struck by the coin's 20th anniversary.

Clint Malarchuk
Clint Malarchuk (born May 1, 1961) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey goaltender who played 338 games in the National Hockey League (NHL) during a professional career that spanned between 1981 and 1996. He was a fourth round selection of the Quebec Nordiques, 74th overall, at the 1981 NHL Entry Draft, and played for the Washington Capitals and Buffalo Sabres in addition to Quebec. He played 338 games in his NHL career with a record of. He is currently the goaltender coach of the Calgary Flames. Malarchuk is best known for surviving one of the most most gruesome on-ice injuries in NHL history. He suffered a laceration to his jugular vein after being slashed in the neck by an opponent's skate during a 1989 game and survived only through the fast action of Buffalo's trainer.


 * 1979 As player in Fort Saskatchewan
 * 1979 Play in Centennial Cup playdowns
 * 1985 First NHL shutout
 * 1986 Early success
 * 1986 Early NHL/AHL carreer
 * 1986 Player of the week
 * 1987 Voted onto Rendez-vous 87 team
 * 1987 Traded to Washington
 * 1989 Traded to Buffalo
 * 1989 Meets with media after throat slash
 * 1989 Released from hostpital
 * 1990 'Fully recovered'
 * 1992 OCD
 * 1992 Attempts comeback
 * 1992 Assigned to San Diego
 * 1992 Brief recall to Buffalo
 * 1993 Comeback with San Diego
 * 2004 Retrospective; depression and other issues
 * 2006 Hired as GC in Columbus
 * 2008 Short on throat slash (two fans suffered heart attacks)
 * 2008 Better retrospective
 * 2008 'accidental shooting'
 * 2009 Charges stemming from shooting dismissed
 * 2010 Thrashers goalie coach