"Mul-looney" Pin

Date1989

Credit LineAnonymous Gift, 2016.

Object number2016.040.002

Label TextAt first glance, this looks like a regular $1 coin, or "Loonie" as it is best known. It is actually a “Mul-looney” pin with a portrait of former Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney (1939-2024) on the head of a loon was made to protest the proposed new G.S.T., which entered into effect on January 1st, 1991.

NamePin, Political