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Old 02-09-2014, 08:19 PM
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Originally Posted by kittygilchrist View Post
Hey, do I have to be Canadian, or can you certify me as a Toonie? Barefoot? I know I 'm not a real water fowl loon, but maybe I'm a toon? what is that anyway?
You're cute Kitty. A Loonie is our name for our $1 coin (we don't have one-dollar bills). The coin has a picture of a loon on it. And then when a $2 coin replaced our two-dollar paper money, with Canadian ingenuity and creativity, LOL, everyone called it a Toonie.
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