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The one dollar Loonie is 11-sided and made from an alloy the Royal Canadian Mint calls aureate (bronze-plated nickel.) As noted before, the two dollar Toonie is bi-metallic, from 1996 to 2011 it had an outer ring of pure nickel, with a center made of a primarily copper alloy.
The $1 coin (the loonie) was released in 1987. The $1 banknote would remain in issue and in circulation alongside the one dollar coin for the next two years, until it was withdrawn in 1989. The coin was to be the voyageur-design silver (then nickel) dollar coins that had previously been in limited circulation.