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1 Dollar - Charles III Lucky Loonie 2026
| Issuer | Royal Canadian Mint |
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| Year | 2026 |
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| Weight | 6.27 g |
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| Obverse description | Uncrowned effigy of King Charles III facing left, rendered in high relief with finely detailed hair and attire including a suit jacket and open collar. A beaded inner border frames the portrait within the eleven-sided field. The legend CHARLES III is inscribed along the left arc and D·G·REX along the right arc, both in raised Latin lettering. The engraver's initials SR appear incuse at the lower right of the bust truncation. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Canada's "Lucky Loonie" tradition began at the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Olympics, when a loonie was secretly embedded beneath center ice at the E Center rink by icemaker Trent Evans. Both the men's and women's hockey teams won gold, and the coin became entrenched in Olympic superstition. The RCM has issued special circulation loonies tied to subsequent Games ever since, with the 2026 edition keyed to the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics.