If one of you kind Canadians would be so inclined, I'd love to have a Canadian $2 coin ... email off list..
G On May 28, 2008, at 2:38 PM, frank theriault wrote: > On Wed, May 28, 2008 at 5:20 PM, Ken Waller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: >> Hey Knarf - isn't a looney a $2.00 canadian bill ? > > A looney is a $1 coin, so called because there's an image of a loon on > one side (I can never remember which is obverse and which is reverse - > the Queen's on one side and a loon the other; you figure out which is > which). > > The $2 coin has a polar bear on it (and the Queen on 't'other side), > but it's called a tooney. As in a two-dollar-looney. Aren't we > clever? > > Our $1 bill went out of circulation maybe 20 years ago, the $2 bill > maybe 10 years ago... > > cheers, > frank > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
