Subj : Re: $500M bread price fix
To   : August Abolins
From : Jay Harris
Date : Thu Sep 18 2025 03:37:14

On 17 Sep 2025, August Abolins said the following...

 AA> The use of "Loonies" for the 1$ coin was cute, since it  
 AA> features a loon on one side.

 AA> But I've never grown fond of calling the $2 coin a twonie or a  
 AA> toonie. The coin has a polar bear on it.

When the toonie came out I was in favour of calling it a "Doubloon" for "double loonie" but it didn't catch on.


Jay

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