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BgyDe TIL Canada's "loonie" $1 dollar coin was supposed to show a canoe, but a discount courier was used to save $43.50, and the dies were stolen.
pYwoO TIL that in an effort to save $43.5, the Canadian Mint mailed the dies of the new $1 coin via a discount courier over using an armored car- which were promptly stolen and have never been found. This would lead to the adoption of the Loonie design as an emergency replacement.