In which Canadia makes sense
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Canada launches revolutionary Star Trek coin-based economy
Canadian money is already a little confusing for Americans, what with the loonies, the toonies, and those pennies that look just like American pennies. Now, though, Canada is overhauling its entire monetary system by replacing that stuff with new coins featuring iconic characters and scenes from...
OK, I can't actually complain about this. It's pretty cool. But what were they thinking?
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@Captain We far superior people here in the US have a coin based on that Disney Pocahontas movie.
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@Captain weird, but mints make commemorative coins for everything, don't they?
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@Captain Shouldn't this topic be called "In which Canadia makes cents"?
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@NedFodder Canada stopped making cents more than 3 years ago.
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@TimeBandit said in In which Canadia makes sense:
@NedFodder Canada stopped making cents more than 3 years ago.
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Good for them. No cents in pursuing such trivialities on the taxpayers' dime.
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@bb36e said in In which Canadia makes sense:
@Captain weird, but mints make commemorative coins for everything, don't they?
They're both based (loosely) on the same historical person, that's it. (Pocahontas.)It no more is based on the Disney movie than the $5 bill is based on the movie Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter.
edit: I'm pretty sure he's talking about is the dollar coin based on Sacagawea, not Pocahontas. So it's not even the same historical person.
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@NedFodder Or:
America fails to understand the cents of Canada
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@anotherusername I don't think @bb36e was replying to blakey.
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@pydsigner oops.
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That's not so unusual. There have been special quarters since last century, including cleverly designed nanotech spy quarters designed to infiltrate US military installations. But don't tell anybody about that, we've got them all fooled.
The Star Trek coins are commemorative coins, so they won't be in regular circulation. They're going to sit inside plush boxes along with the rest of the Mint's catalogue including Disney Princesses, DC Princesses, Star Wars characters and, of course, Canada's own version of the Triganic Pu, a two hundred and twenty pound gold coin with a face value of $775,759.08.
(There's also a smaller version which is more convenient for carrying in your pockets when you don't need the big one. Thanks for thinking of us, Canada!)
I am a little amazed by the fact that the author of the original article not only didn't know all this, didn't know that Canada stopped making pennies years ago, and also thought it was a "clever twist" that commemorative coins were being sold for more than their face value. It's almost like interviewing the crew of the International Space Station and leading with "So, like, you guys can fly? How is that possible?"
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@anotherusername it's okay, I agree with you
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@Tsaukpaetra said in In which Canadia makes sense:
@blakeyrat said in In which Canadia makes sense:
What a waste of syrup!
Only if she rinses it off.
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@loose said in In which Canadia makes sense:
@NedFodder Or:
America fails to understand the cents of Canada
Admittedly, it is rather loonie.
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@anotherusername said in In which Canadia makes sense:
the $5 bill is based on the movie Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter
TIL
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@Tsaukpaetra said in In which Canadia makes sense:
What a waste of syrup!
There's no label, so that might be corn syrup...
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@dcon Or even motor oil.
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@Captain said in In which Canadia makes sense:
OK, I can't actually complain about this. It's pretty cool. But what were they thinking?
Given this:
@DCRoss said in In which Canadia makes sense:
commemorative coins were being sold for more than their face value
They were thinking
"Fuck you, give me money"
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@Gurth said in In which Canadia makes sense:
@dcon Or even motor oil.
What a waste of motor oil.
If it's syrup, you could clean it off her. With your tongue. So it wouldn't be wasted.
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@anotherusername said in In which Canadia makes sense:
@Gurth said in In which Canadia makes sense:
@dcon Or even motor oil.
What a waste of motor oil.
If it's syrup, you could clean it off her. With your tongue. So it wouldn't be wasted.
That might have raised more than $5800 for the Red Cross.
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@Lorne-Kates $50 for a lick?
