1 Dollar - Elizabeth II Lucky Loonie 2008

Features

Location	Canada
Issuing entity	Royal Canadian Mint
Queen	Elizabeth II (1952-2022)
Type	Circulating commemorative coin
Year	2008
Value	1 Dollar 1 CAD = USD 0.74
Currency	Canadian dollar (1858-date)
Composition	Bronze plated nickel
Weight	7 g
Diameter	26.5 mm
Thickness	1.95 mm
Shape	Hendecagonal (11-sided)
Technique	Milled
Orientation	Medal alignment ↑↑
Number	N# 3453
References	RCM/MRC# 104034, Monnaie Royale Canadienne (https://www.mint.ca/) Schön# 764, Gerhard Schön; 2022. Weltmünzkatalog / 20. Jahrhundert: 1901-2000 (47. Auflage). Battenberg Gietl Verlag, Regenstauf, Germany. And 2 more volumes. KM# 787 Tracy L. Schmidt (editor); 2019. Standard Catalog of World Coins / 2001-Date (14th edition). Krause Publications, Stevens Point, Wisconsin, United States. And 5 more volumes.

Commemorative issue

2008 Olympics

Series: CAN:Lucky Loonie

Obverse

Head of Queen Elizabeth II, as at 77 years of age, bare headed, wearing necklace and earrings, facing right.

Script: Latin

Lettering: ELIZABETH II D·G·REGINA

Unabridged legend: ELIZABETH II DEI GRATIA REGINA

Translation: Elizabeth II Queen by the grace of God

Engraver: Susan Taylor

Designer: Susanna Blunt

Susanna Blunt is a Canadian portrait artist who designed the most recent portrait of Queen Elizabeth II on the current Canadian coinage, which began in 2003. She was born in Harbin, China, the daughter of an English banker. Blunt started her studies at the Banff School of Fine Arts as a young teenager.

Reverse

Loon in water, the country name above, the denomination below, the logo to the left, and the Olympic logo to the right

Script: Latin

Lettering:
CANADA
2008
DOLLAR

Engraver: Robert-Ralph Carmichael

Designer: Jean-Luc Grondin

Edge

Smooth

Mint

(L)	Royal Canadian Mint, Winnipeg, Canada

Comments

There is also a version of this piece set in lucite (key ring)

See also

• Bird
• Summer Olympic Games

• 1 Dollar - Elizabeth II (Lucky Loonie 2004)
• 1 Dollar - Elizabeth II (Lucky Loonie 2006)
• 1 Dollar - Elizabeth II (Lucky Loonie 2010)
• 1 Dollar - Elizabeth II (Lucky Loonie 2012-2014)
• 1 Dollar - Elizabeth II (Lucky Loonie 2016 new design)

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