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The one-dollar Canadian coin has a picture of Queen Elizabeth on one side and a picture of a water bird on the other side. This water bird is called a loon. Canadians call the one-dollar coin a loonie.
The government began making loonies in 1987. Before then, people used a one-dollar paper bill.
In 1996, the government began making two-dollar coins to replace the two-dollar paper bill. The two-dollar coin has a picture of Queen Elizabeth on one side and a picture of a polar bear on the other side.
What did Canadians call their new coin? A Queenie? No. A bearie? No. Canadians call the two-dollar coin a toonie.
The water bird on the one-dollar coin is called a ________.
loon
loonie
goose
The one-dollar coin is called a ________.
loonie
quarter
toonie
A piece of paper money is called a ________.
bill
coin
loonie
A piece of metal money is called a ________.
coin
bill
buck
The ________ bear is on one side of the two-dollar coin.