Alan
There is an article about chrome bladed RMK in the RKS newsletter Issue 87 September 2010. If you don’t have access to the newsletters let me know. I will get the info to you.
Rod

Hey Rod,

Good catch. So, a loonie is the $1.00 CDN coin with a loon on the back of the coin. The $2.00 CND coin has a polar bear on the back of the coin. No loon but a bear, but a Toonie. We decided that having the coins “sing” - loonie and toonie was better than loonie and bear. Simple as that, eh.....

Alan

Are the toonies still bimetal? It's been a few years since I got my hands on one.

Rob
It is bimetal. Silver coloured metal ?? on the outside and copper/brass coloured metal in
the middle.

Side note; The company I worked for was a leader in many areas of metallurgy. The Treasury had them develop the alloys and the process for welding them together to make the sandwich coins that became the U.S. fiat money to replace silver coins.

Somehow, I doubt that these replacement coins will ever be truly collectible--although a lady who worked for me saved a safety deposit box full of the state quarters! She should have put the money into stocks.

Larry