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1 Dollar - Elizabeth II Olympic Lucky Loonie
| Issuer | Royal Canadian Mint |
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| Year | 2004 |
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| Composition | Silver (.925) |
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| Obverse description | Effigy of Queen Elizabeth II facing right, depicted at approximately 77 years of age, bare-headed, wearing a necklace and drop earrings, rendered in the portrait style by engraver Susanna Blunt. The legend arcs around the upper periphery in Latin script. The design presents a refined and dignified royal portrait within a beaded border characteristic of the series. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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The "Lucky Loonie" tradition dates to the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Olympics, when a loonie was secretly embedded beneath center ice at the E Center by icemaker Trent Evans — Canada swept both the men's and women's hockey gold medals, and the coin became instant mythology. The RCM capitalized on that story for Athens 2004 with this silver collector issue, timed to Canadian athletes carrying the superstition into the Summer Games.