Minted in 2006 to commemorate the loonie that was placed in the ice of the 2002 Salt Lake City Olympics when an Edmonton icemaker snuck a "lucky loonie" into the ice surface. Where both the men and women won gold in hockey that year.

Here is a link to that fantastic story: https://atlantic.ctvnews.ca/team-alberta-brings-decades-old-lucky-loonie-tradition-to-canada-winter-games-1.6293632#:~:text=Team%20Alberta's%20%22lucky%20loonies%22%20tradition,gold%20in%20hockey%20that%20year. 

Given the coins story and beautiful packaging, this is the perfect collectors piece for all those Hockey loving Canadians from Victoria BC to Halifax Nova Scotia. 

SPECS: 

Metal Type: Silver

Purity: 92.5

Mint: RCM

Year: 2006

Mintage: 20,000

Diameter: 26.5 mm

Weight: 7g

Special Features: Full colour

Packaging: RCM branded maroon hardcase stand with black box and certificate

Artists: Jean-Luc Grodin (reverse), Susanna Blunt (obverse)