Royal Canadian Mint issues ‘lucky loonie’ coin
Posted February 11, 2010 2:43 pm.
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VANCOUVER (NEWS1130) – Will the legend of the ‘lucky loonie’ will continue in Vancouver? The Royal Canadian Mint has struck a special coin for the 2010 Games, which goes into circulation tomorrow. The Mint hopes it will bring luck to this year’s Canadian athletes.
The new coin was minted partly to honour an Olympic sports tradition which started in Salt Lake City. It features a now familiar Olympic symbol–the Inukshuk. The Mint held a street party today at its Olympic pavilion at Granville and Pender to release the new coin, and hundreds of people showed up to get one.
The legend goes back to the 2002 Games in Salt Lake, where ice maker Trent Evans buried a ‘loonie’ at centre ice. Canada’s men’s and women’s hockey teams skated off with gold. This year’s new coin is not hidden at centre ice at GM Place (now named Canada Hockey Place), but the hope is that it will still bring some luck.
The new one dollar coin will be available at Royal Bank branches tomorrow.
