tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post4240520586146384589..comments2024-03-28T23:22:41.774-05:00Comments on TYWKIWDBI ("Tai-Wiki-Widbee"): Canada's unusual coinsMinnesotastanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01382888179579245181noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-11046281515040678362014-08-10T00:48:18.196-05:002014-08-10T00:48:18.196-05:00i thought everyone went by size, and not the pictu...i thought everyone went by size, and not the picture? i can feel the difference between a penny and a dime like the difference between a nickel and a loonieAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-8243834939054164392012-12-13T07:14:34.211-06:002012-12-13T07:14:34.211-06:00Do not get me started on our recent rash of weird ...Do not get me started on our recent rash of weird coins. They even mess with the ones for general circulation and it's a pain in the butt.<br /><br />As a Canuck all I can say is that it makes change into a baffling experience. Quarters are the worst - apart from the coloured ones, there's a whole raft of odd designs in plain tin-coloured metal. Some are odd enough that you stop in mid-change to see what the heck you're trying to pay with. AND they do it with the dollar coins too. It's getting so we just sort by size and not what's on the actual coin.<br /><br />It's just as well you can't make much money forging small change. Otherwise you'd make a mint around here. (harr-de-har-har)Jennyhttp://www.xenotropos.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-28742322716900665762012-12-12T18:18:13.186-06:002012-12-12T18:18:13.186-06:00I'm not a coin collector, but I do think it...I'm not a coin collector, but I do think it's quite neat that Canada was the first country to have coloured coins in general circulation. I think the first two were Remembrance poppies and breast cancer ribbons. They had some initial issues with fading that are now fixed and coloured coins do turn up in your change quite often - I've accidentally put a coloured quarter through the wash and there's no fading now!Green Stonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11623603354799521347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-51391513748987276902012-12-12T18:12:03.050-06:002012-12-12T18:12:03.050-06:00"Her Majesty does not glow in the dark."..."Her Majesty does not glow in the dark."<br /><br />You know, I'm actually kind of disappointed about that. I wish there were more glow-in-the-dark monarchs!turtlenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-85249382904357290432012-12-12T13:22:25.426-06:002012-12-12T13:22:25.426-06:00You're probably old enough to remember when co...You're probably old enough to remember when coins were worth their face value in precious metal. Silver coins (dimes, quarters, halves and full dollars) would be worth their face value if silver were a dollar an ounce. As of today, a silver US quarter (about the same size as Canadian) would be worth about eight dollars. There's still no reason they couldn't make a commemorative $10 silver coin, if people didn't mind them not working in vending machines.Maiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18358618477570574559noreply@blogger.com