Canadian lucky loonie struck for londonbound olympians. I recently received one of the special coins minted for the olympics. Unfollow 2004 lucky loonie to stop getting updates on your ebay feed. The royal canadian mint hosted a public ceremony unveiling the 2004 lucky loonie olympic commemorative, made for circulation, aureate dollar coin, at general motors place, in downtown vancouver, on the morning of august 4th.
Canadas lucky loonie part of winter olympic lore banff money news the canadian dollar might be falling against the u. The coin is part of series loonies and commemorative circulation 1 dollar coins. There are versions that exist without grass on the reverse of the coin. The canadian legend of the lucky loonie lived on in. Few tales of superstition capture canadian hearts like that of the lucky loonie. At the salt lake city olympics in 2002, a loonie brought a stroke of good fortune to canada when our mens and womens hockey teams skated to victory over a lucky loonie buried secretly beneath centre ice. The lucky loonie was then donated to the hockey hall of fame. Sale 2004 steling silver olympic lucky loonie west. At the salt lake city olympics in 2002, a loonie brought a stroke of good fortune to canada when our mens and womens hockey teams skated to victory.
Lucky loonie the 2004 lucky loonie features the common loon design accompanied by the canadian olympic logo. Royal canadian mint numismatic coins 2000s wikipedia. Usually there is a new loonie put out for our athletes. The added element of this new coin is that it is issued to mark the upcoming olympic games hosted in london and has been dubbed the lucky loonie. A loonie for luck is the true story of that loonie and the magic it wove at salt lake city.
The lucky loonie tradition will continue for the sochi olympics. Canada lucky loonie heads to sochi winter olympic games. Book depository books with free delivery worldwide. Normal 0 canadian mint products theme canadas money. The story goes that when the organizers of salt lake city 2002 were building the olympic ice hockey arena, they naturally turned to ice makers from canada. Canadian olympians receive a bit of luck coin world. Mint releases 2016 lucky loonie canadian coin news.
One of them, trent evans, buried a canadian dollar coin the loonie. 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. Canada one dollar numismatic coin collection database. The story started in 2002 when a canadian loonie coin.
Lethbridge herald newspaper archives, aug 14, 2004, p. The plains of olympia held the first olympic games in 776 b. Loonies and commemorative circulation 1 dollar coins. The 2014 lucky loonie is a circulation coin that features. The royal canadian mint unveiled the 2014 edition of the one dollar coin first made famous in olympic circles for being buried at. Coins and canada 1 dollar 2003 to 2020 canadian coins. Its time to bury the myth of the lucky loonie the globe. The royal canadian mint is paying tribute to all canadian olympic and paralympic athletes competing in the upcoming rio 2016 summer games by launching the 2016 lucky loonie, canadas latest commemorative circulation coin. It finally looks like the loon is on a real lake, instead of. This year in pyeongchang, a faithful canadian continued the tradition by placing a lucky loonie at the firstever olympic big air snowboarding event.
Doesnt look like we are going to get one this year. The royal canadian mint has since released a commemorative luck loonie for each olympic games since 2004. Join the canadian olympic club, presented by bell, an allaccess community uniting and rewarding team canada fans its free. Detailed image and information about 1 dollar coin lucky loonie from canada issued in 2004. It was part of the going for the gold set, which included olympic stamps and macleans magazine. Get the best deals on grade ms 66 canadian dollar coins when you shop the largest online selection at. It is in very good condition and i was wondering what the value of this coin might be, since im not a coin collector i have no expertise, and any feedback will be very much appreciated. The most prevalent versions of the coin show a common loon, a bird found throughout canada, on the reverse a. The loonie was also buried during vancouvers 2010 winter olympics. Another feature of the coin was that it was a double dated coin featuring the years 1987 to recognize the first year of production and 2002.
It shows some of the womens team canada 2002 olympic gold medalist team members digging the lucky loonie from under center ice after winning the gold medal. This coin was dubbed the lucky loonie and features the famous canadian loon landing in water on the reverse side. The expert ice maker had been invited down from edmonton to help install the ice for the games, and this was his little goodluck charm for our olympic hockey teams. Normal 0 elizabeth ii lucky loonie, canada, with pictures and collection and swap management. 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. The royal canadian mint unveiled its 2014 lucky loonie saturday at the canadian olympic teams sochi block party event in banff, alta. Detailed information about the coin 1 dollar, elizabeth ii lucky loonie, canada, with pictures and collection and swap management. Royal canadian mint launches lucky loonie in vancouver. Keepsake coins presented to canadian team in rio 0. As a matter of fact, the facilities built for the 2010 winter olympics in vancouver also have loonies buried in the foundation. Detailed image and information about 1 dollar coin olympic lucky loonie from canada issued in 2014. The rio 2016 olympic and paralympic games will be another chapter in our countrys rich sporting history and the government of canada.
That year, canadas mens and womens hockey teams both went on to win gold, and the lucky loonie legend was born, bringing its special magic to olympic ice ever since. Ultimately, the royal canadian mint capitalized on the tradition and has released a commemorative edition lucky loonie for each olympic games since 2004. Theres only one lucky loonie and its in the hockey. Before 1996, if specimen coins have been removed from their protective envelope or original package, it is harder to differentiate them from pl coins.
This huge 50 x 40 heavy plexiglas lucky loonie sign actually hung in the hockey hall of fame. Make offer 2016 canada pcgs ms66 rio olympics lucky loonie dollar treasure hunt label. Carrying on the tradition of the lucky loonie that brought canadas hockey teams good fortune in salt lake city, calgary teenager brittany edworthy buried a loonie at the base of one of the towering columns at ancient olympia. Awaiting stock ships on 18062012 the royal canadian mint has issued a lucky loonie since 2004, coinciding with each olympic and paralympic games to enable canadians to remember, support and celebrate past and future canadian olympic team accomplishments. Visit the best collector and commemorative coin website. The listing, 2004 canada olympic lucky loonie has ended. Special collectors coins struck at the mint with a frostedmirror appearance on the design and effigy from 1996 to 2020. Royal canadian mint releases latest lucky loonie team. The royal canadian mint have launched a new version of the wellknown loonie, the canadian dollar coin which has been in circulation for the last 25 years.
Canada 2004 lucky loonie dollar and regular one dollar coin duration. Perhaps, he figured, the guys could use some home ice advantage. The legend of the lucky loonie was born at the 2002 olympic winter games in salt lake city when a loonie was buried at centre ice to bring good luck to canadas gold medalwinning mens and womens ice hockey teams. And thats this weeks canadian history for kids, exclusive. In 2004, the mint began issuing lucky loonie coins to celebrate canada at every summer and winter games. At the 2002 salt lake city olympic winter games, a loonie brought good fortune to canada when our mens and womens hockey teams skated to victory over a canadian lucky loonie buried at centre ice. This coin was designed by stan witten 2006 lucky loonie.
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