Re:Canada's new 25 cent coin features a dinosaur, glows in t...
by gamble on Monday April 16, 2012 @04:04AM
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This coin is cool, but it isn't intended for circulation so one wonders how durable the design is.
I actually think the 'poppy quarters'[1] are a bit cooler, because they've been in use since 2004. At the time they were the first coloured coin in circulation. They were unusual enough that American military contractors visiting canada even raised an alert that they might be espionage devices.[2]
I actually think the 'poppy quarters'[1] are a bit cooler, because they've been in use since 2004. At the time they were the first coloured coin in circulation. They were unusual enough that American military contractors visiting canada even raised an alert that they might be espionage devices.[2]
[1] http://www.canada.com/poppy+coin+introduced+Canada/3806046/s...
[2] http://www.thestar.com/news/article/211189--u-s-feared-poppy...