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- ↑ "Canadiens going Loonie for 100-year celebration".
- ↑ "Stamps, loonies part of Habs 100th anniversary celebration". www.tsn.ca. Archived from the original on 2009-09-15.
- ↑ Coin honours century of golden hockey moments, Bret Evans, Canadian Coin News, p.1, Volume 46, Number 19, January 6 to 19, 2009, Trajan Publishing
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