Canada's new 25 cent coin features a dinosaur, glows in the dark and more

http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-57412545-1/canadas-newest-coin-glows-in-the-dark/

by tersiag • 14 years ago

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excuse-me2• 14 years ago

First you laughed at their pitiful loonie

Then it reached parity

Now even the quarters are worth $29.95

rollypolly• 14 years ago

You gota give it to them, their polymer money is beautiful too:

http://www.bankofcanada.ca/banknotes/

whatusername• 14 years ago

So to tie back to a recent HN Story... The Polymer money was developed by the notorious Patent Troll CSIRO ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polymer_banknote )

* That being said -- while I think the technology is good -- it feels like the selling process is pretty average: http://www.smh.com.au/business/police-refer-securency-eviden... )

kamjam• 14 years ago

Several years back I was backpacking around Asia and that's where I saw this "plastic" money. I thought they were fantastic, the paper stuff around was falling apart yet here was something that I could keep in my board shorts, going swimming with, not worry about someone stealing it from my wallet that I had to leave at the beach, and I could then use it straight away without to individually dry them out again! Or putting it through the washing machine :)

I didn't realise Canada had them too! Kinda surprised more countries are not using them, the security features (like the see through window) must be a lot harder to replicate, as well as looking pretty cool!

nwmcsween• 14 years ago

Not exactly, the Canadian mint rolls out all kinds of customized quarters in fact if you are Canadian look in your pocket and and I bet you'll have a differing quarter.

javert• 14 years ago

They could charge a lot more if they did the same effect to Her Majesty on the reverse side. You know, just lighting up the bones.

gamble• 14 years ago

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]

[1] http://www.canada.com/poppy+coin+introduced+Canada/3806046/s...

[2] http://www.thestar.com/news/article/211189--u-s-feared-poppy...

Canada's new 25 cent coin features a dinosaur, glows in the dark and more

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